Possession
Possessed nouns are marked with a prefix expressing the person and number of their possessor. The forms of the prefix expressing first person singular is ne-, na-, or ni-, for second person singular it is a-, mwa'a-, a'a-. The third person singular is marked by the prefix ru-. A first person plural possessor is marked by the prefix ta-, second person plural by ha'amwa- and third person plural by wa'a-. Furthermore there are two suffixes. One, -ra'an is used to mark an obviative or fourth person possessor. The other is -me'en used to mark a plural possessum of a singular possessor.
Number/person of Possessor | Singular | Plural |
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1. person | nechi'i "my house" | tachi'i "our house" |
2. person | achi'i "your house" | há'amwachi'i "Your (pl.) house" |
3. person | ruchi'i "his/her own house" | wa'áchi'i "Their house" |
4. person | chí'ira'an "the house of the other" | |
pl. possessum + 3.p.sg. possessor | chí'imeen "his/her houses" |
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Famous quotes containing the word possession:
“When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me, you may indeed set over you a king whom the LORD your God will choose. One of your own community you may set as king over you; you are not permitted to put a foreigner over you, who is not of your own community.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 17:14,15.
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—John Locke (16321704)
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)