Re: Case?

Okay, I had an easy fix for this built into my
language.  I'll take the root "their"--musa--and break
it down:
m: indicates a full pronoun root (though, of course,
lots of non-pronouns start with "m")
u: third-person plural
sa: genitive

Now, the -sa ending also can be treated as a
possessive and so could simply be stuck on, musasa, to
mean "theirs", with no change in my grammar.

Clint


--- Aidan Grey <grey@...> wrote:
> > > --What is the case of "theirs" in "I gave them
> > > theirs"?  I realized I was missing this case in
> my
> > > pronouns and need it.
> > >
> >Genetive.  You can easily avvoid messing up your
> language by saying "of
> >them", if that's easier.
>
>    No, it's not genitive. "I gave them of them?"
> Nope.
>
>    It is the accusative of a genitive possessive
> pronoun.
>
>    I gave (that thing of) theirs (to) them.
>
>    Hopefully that helps better, Clint.
>
>    Aidan (formerly a Clint)

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