Láadan/Lessons/11

Possessive Markers
[(Aux) Verb (Neg) CP-S CP-Possessive]

In Láadan, there are several Possessive Markers that can be used, to describe how something belongs to something else. The Possessive marker will always come before any other ending markers.

You cannot add the Possessive marker to someone's name. You must add a pronoun to the sentence, that will "hold" the Possessive marker.

Remember that when using a Possessive marker, it is usually part of some larger case phrase, such as "He ate my sandwich" - sandwich would have the possessive marker, but the whole case phrase would also include "my". In the case of an object having a Possessive marker, the Possessive marker goes first, and then the marker of that CP as a whole. 



Examples
Simple possessives:

Possessives in a sentence:

Possessive markers on objects:

Object marker and possessive for a name:

Here, bethoth is be-th-oth, singular-third-person, object-marker, and possessive-marker.