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A genitive construction is one in which one noun phrase modifies another. The kinds available in TIAL are the possessives, the have-construction, and the of-construction.
Like the demonstratives, the possessives are used as determiners and pronouns (unlike the demonstratives, there are no e-forms). The interrogative possessive determiner kio "whose" (CQ.Pos) has already been mentioned; the possessive forms of the personal pronouns are as follows:
| Word | Tag | Notes | Word | Tag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meo | 1S.Pos | 1st person Singular | naso | 1XP.Pos | 1st person Exclusive Plural |
| oso | 1NP.Pos | 1st person Inclusive Plural | |||
| teo | 2S.Pos | 2nd person Singular | vaso | 2P.Pos | 2nd person Plural |
| leo | 3S.Pos | 3rd person Singular | loro | 3P.Pos | 3rd person Plural |
| seo | Rfx.Pos | 3rd person Reflexive |
oso mamo "our mother"
Other words lack special possessive forms, the possessive being constructed instead by placing the particle mo (Pos) after the noun or noun phrase. This is called the have-construction, since mo is a form of the defective verb ma "have". The have-construction is also used for "subjective genitives".
Janno mo libro "John's book"
elo viro grando mo papo "that big man's father"
ci vas gevida Tomaso mo gatto?
"Have y'all seen Tom's cat?."
The of-construction is used for "objective genitives". The defective verb da (Gen) "belong to" is placed before the modifying phrase, the whole construction constituting a post-nominal modifier.
me valeja libro da elo damo.
"I'm going to read that woman's book."
The defective verbs in TIAL are very simple — they are (almost) all one-syllable a-forms (where a related form does exist, it's treated as a separate word).
Statements (or questions) of possession use the defective verb ma "have". Like other defective verbs, ma has no e-form and must take an object.
me ma deko libro.
"I have ten books."
| libro | book | ma | have |
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