Re: Antigenetive case?

 --- julien eychenne <eychenne.j@...> wrote: >
>
> Yes, nawatl has this feature, even if it's not a
> genetive case but rather a posessor prefix. For
> example, /kal-li/ is "house(s)" (root -kal-), and if
> you want to say "my house", the form is /no-kal/.
> Then, "the woman's house", it is /i:-kal siwa:t^l/
> 'her house the woman', where /i:/ is the 3rd person
> possessor suffix (and /siwa:t^l/ is "the woman").
>
turkish too. except turkish ( if i remember rightly )
has two ways of doing it

i can't remember a better example so:

kardes,-in abajur-u
friend-GEN lampshade-3POSS
the friend's lampshade

kardes, abajur-u
friend lampshade-3POSS
a friend's lampshade

( i hope i've got this right )

it's not really a construct system, but analogous in
some ways ( particularly that the genitive case is not
necessary for indicating possession )

bn

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