Inalienable Possessives

The second broadest category of possession is "Inalienable". These are items that have some kind of permanent (or semi-permanent) relationship to the possessor. These include:

• Thoughts - my reaction, my input, my thoughts, etc.
• Ideas - my plan, my idea, my concept, etc.
• Dreams - my hopes, my visions, my dream, my nightmare, etc.
• Feelings - my joy, my sadness, my anger, etc.
• Body Parts - my arm, my leg, my spleen, etc.
• Names - my name, my title, etc.
• Qualities - my attitude, my size, my military rank,
• Non-Familial Relationships - my friend, my enemy, my girlfriend/boyfriend, etc.
• One's own family groups - my family, my house/tribe, my children, my parents, etc.
• Etc.

The Possessive Particle

Inalienable possession is marked with the particle i and follows a fairly simple rule.

• Possessor  +  i  +  Possession

Examples:

The Exception

As with most grammar rules, there's an exception. When referring to a tribe or a house, the possessor is always used in adjectival form. However, one still refers to one's own house with the inalienable possessive.