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Re: Antigenetive case?

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Saturday, August 10, 2002, 8:59
On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 11:05, tim talpas wrote:
> # > # I believe Hungarian does this - but I could be wrong! > # Mike > # > > Yep. But not in the true "antigenitive" sense that is described here. > It is just the 3rd person form of the posessive suffix... > > orvos = doctor > beteg = patient > betege = his patient > > orvos betege = doctor's patient > orvos beteg != doctor's patient (i think this would be read as "doctor > and patient" in a sentence, but i'm not sure) > > the non-possessed noun can optionally have the dative (which is sometimes > actually called "genitive") > > orvosnak betege > > > I would think a true antigenitive as described previously in the thread > would not trigger a case change in other elements of the phrase, > so instead of, for example: > > cat-of him, it could be > cat-of he..
Sort of "the man his dog" which you meet occasionally in Early Modern English. Weslet Parish
> > -tim > http://www.zece.com/conlang/ > > > # > In a demo language (not existing) > # > ie. > # > kathai elom > # > cat.AGN(f) 3s.ACC(m) > # > cat-of him > # > his cat > # > > # > AGN = anti genitive > # > 3s = Third person singualr > # > ACC = Accusative. > # >
-- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."