Re: Antigenetive case?

Josh Roth scripsit:

> In Kar Marinam, there is a similar construction:
> wesa-r kelik
> branch-CONS tree
> "the tree('s) branch"
Lojban simple possession can be looked at as a sort of twisted construct
state using ordering rather than endings:

        le mlatu
        the cat

        le mi mlatu
        the I/me cat
        my cat

        le le nolraitru ku mlatu
        the the noblest-ruler , cat
        the King's cat

So the possessor is actually embedded between the article of the possessed
and the content word.  There is also a more normal postposed form:

        le mlatu pe mi
        the cat of I/me

        le mlatu pe le nolraitru
        the cat of the noblest-ruler
        the cat of the King

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