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:
,jan,
/ ,jahn, /
[ ʤɑn ]
John
i
/ i /
[ i ]
poss.
TrEv
/ threv /
[ θɹev ]
name
John's name
,ROp,
/ ,rraop, /
[ ra͡ʊp ]
you
i
/ i /
[ i ]
poss.
ZguZö
/ zhguzhor /
[ ʒgu.ʒoɹ ]
imagination
Your imagination
hUp
/ khuhp /
[ xʌp ]
me
i
/ i /
[ i ]
poss.
kluv
/ kluv /
[ kluv ]
gratitude
My gratitude
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.
V
/ tiv /
[ tiv ]
the
ZRyTrEv
/ zrhythrev /
[ ʒ͡rɪ.θɹev ]
house
,el,
/ ehl /
[ ɛl ]
El
The house of El
V
/ tiv /
[ tiv ]
the
ZRyTrEv
/ zrhythrev /
[ ʒ͡rɪ.θɹev ]
house
,zad,
/ ,zahd, /
[ zɑd ]
Zod
The house of Zod
hUp
/ khuhp /
[ xʌp ]
my
i
/ i /
[ i ]
poss.
ZRyTrEv
/ zrhythrev /
[ ʒ͡rɪ.θɹev ]
house
My house