Re: Antigenetive case?

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From: "Mau Rauszer" <maurauser@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: Antigenetive case?


> 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.

Dative? Not Genetive? that's odd.  I'd like to learn hungarian sometime, I
think :-)

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