Re: Antigenetive case?
| From: | Mau Rauszer <maurauser@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 10, 2002, 16:01 |
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Joe <joe@...> 2002.08.09. 09:32:31 -7h-kor írta:
> Has anyone thought of a case which marks a genetive, but marks it on the
> posessed, not the posessor? I'll make up an example --
>
> 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.
>
> You see?
>
> Does this exist in any natlangs?
Yeah, that exist in Hungarian. Example:
Mau macskája = Mau's cat
macska = cat
macskája = a cat of somebody.
but that phrase is just a shorter form. The whole form is that:
Maunak a macskája
where 'a' is the definite article and 'Mau' is in dative case.
--
Mau
Ábrahám Zsófia alias Mau Rauszer
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