Possessive Adjectives
1. The possessive adjectives mine, yours, his, her etc. are
expressed by the element "nay" conjugated to agree with the gender
and number of the subject:
naye mine
nayna ours
nayki yours (f,s)
nayka yours (m,s)
naya her
nayu his
naykn yours(f,p)
naykum yours(m,p)
nayen their (f,p)
nayom their (m,p)
Examples 19.1
nay men tu ? Whose is it ?
naye tu. It is mine
naya tu It is her's
nayen tu It is their's
nayom tu It is their's
2. When the "nay " element is used in conjunction with the object, the
"nay" is dropped and the suffix ye, ki, ka etc. is added at the end
of the object:
Example 19.2
nayki biet Abay ta. Your house is big.
Drop the nay and it will read:
bietki Abay ta.
lbaski grum tu Your cloths is beautiful.
naye es'n Hadas ta. My shoes is new. Drop the nay
es'nye Hadas ta
3. If the object ends in t, then the added suffix can be ye
or che for the first person singular i.e. for I
Example 19.3
naye biet Abay ta my house is big.
bietye Abay ta
bieche Abay ta
Both are correct and can be taken as a variant of the language use.
4. When referring to a person, the element nay is not used. So you
CAN NOT say:
naye ab for " my father". The correct form is to add
the suffix to "father"
abuye my father
Huye my brother
Htye/Hche my sister
abotye/aboche my grandmother
melehaye my friend
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In this lesson we have learned the following new words:
grum beautiful
Hadas new
es'en shoes
abot grandmother
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End of Lesson 19
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