Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Sentence 4.20

Nam, da tí meskoren

No, it belongs to the teacher.

Usually is followed by ya when it means 'belong'. An exception is made here. The word for teacher is made of two parts. The first part means 'my', a possessive adjective; and the second part means 'lord' or 'sir' as a title. The first part of the word has the genitive ending mes so ya is dropped; the second part of the word has the oblique ending koren. Literally the sentence is It is of-teacher.

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