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ADJECTIVS.

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.
Nelijel, Englishman. 		Flentapük, French language.
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. Binobs cils lul. Fat obsik löfom cilis omik. Mot obsik löfof silis 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:

Emphatic forms, at,
ät, 		et,
eit, 		it,
iet, 		ot,
öt, 		ut;
üt; 		som.
söm.
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