Genitives NPs as Relative Clauses

In my (English) idiolect, it's not uncommon for me to use genitive
constructions
in the place of relative clauses. Example:

     My idiolect:      ...of my seeing...
     `Normal English': ...that I see...

It's not something I always use, and I can't predict when I use it but I do. I
think there's parallel idioms in Irish, but I can't think of any like it off
the top of my head.

Ok, here's my question. I've been thinking of adapting this idiom for use in
Erëtas but I have doubts as to its scalability. Are there any other languages
that use similar constructions. Just for reference's sake, here's how I intend
on representing direct and indirect relative clauses:

     Direct relative clause (`that I see'):
         ...of my seeing...

     Indirect relative clauses (`that sees me'):
         ...with my seeing...

Thoughts? Could it work well?

K.

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Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...>
http://homepage.eircom.net/~kmgaughan/
I can decide what I give / But it's not up to me / What I get given -=Bjork=-

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