POSSESSIV PRONOUNS
The possessivs, my, mine, thy, thine, etc., may be rendered in two ways :
1. By the kimafal of the pronoun; fat oba, my father; fat obas, our father.
2. By the termination -ik, forming a possessiv adjectiv ; buk obik, my book; buks omsik, their books; buk at binom olik, this book is yours.
The kimafal is used when otherwise there would be too much repetition of the termination ik.
EXERCISE 10
| Nelijapük, English language. | Flentapük, French language. |
| Nelijel, Englishman. | Flentel, Frenchman. |
| Sikod, therefore. |
Tidel obik tidom pulis lul. Kim binom tidel ola ? Tidel obsik labom julelis telsefol. Pük obas binom nelijapük. Fat obik labom sonis kil e jisonis tel; sikod labob blodis tel e jiblodis tel. Binols cils lul. Fat obsik löfom cilis omik. Mot obsik löfof cilis ofa. Fat e mot obsik löfoms cilis omsik.
My teacher reads a book. Your father has four dogs. Who is YOUR teacher ? Our teacher is a Frenchman. Our father and mother love their children. Who is our father ? Our father is the husband of our mother. Your father and my mother are friends. My teacher's language [language of teacher mine] is French [French language]. Your teacher reads my books.
DEMONSTRATIVS =
The demonstrativ pronouns, which are used as adjectivs, and also by themselvs, are the following :
| at, | et, | it, | ot, | ut; | som. | |
| Emphatic forms, | ät, | eit, | iet, | öt, | üt; | söm. |
