Re: THEORY: genitive vs. construct case/izafe
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, July 24, 2005, 19:26 |
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Hallo!
I wrote:
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> Yes, they are! My conlang Old Albic, for example, does it:
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> (1) mbaras attoras mamoras
> house-LOC father-GEN-LOC 1SG:LOC-MASC-GEN-LOC
> `at my father's house'
Minor correction:
The form _mamoras_ is wrong; it must be _mamaroras_. I missed
the locative expressing the inalienable possession (the first
"LOC" in the gloss). Suffixaufnahme is a great way to get
mortally entangled with one's own conlang's grammar!
Greetings,
Jörg.