Re: mandatory possession in Chasma"o"cho
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Friday, October 15, 1999, 23:13 |
"Grandsire, C.A." wrote:
> That is nearly exactly how it works in Chasma"o"cho, except that for
> not-mnadatorily possessed nouns, when the adjective is after the noun
> the possessive suffix is put on the adjective, not on the noun
That's how it is in W, I made a mistake. It should've been:
Pisani' pitika'-kwa
Also, other modifiers, for instance:
Pisani' pibiiwazi'v-kwa
G7-house G7-place-tree-loc-my
My house in the forest
Pisani' pil pibiiwazi'ta-kwa
G7-house beyond G7-place-tree-abl-my
My house beyond the forest
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