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Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too when the noun is definite and animate: ''míns fadiers żáve''.
Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too when the noun is definite and animate: ''míns fadiers żáve''.


For predicative possession {{PAGENAME}}, in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, can use a construction similar to Irish: ''Et sinь at mír tvy sunie.'' "I have two sons." (lit. There are two sons at me, like Irish ''Tá dhá mhac agam'')
For "have", in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, one can use a construction similar to Irish: ''Et sinь at mír tvy sunie.'' "I have two sons." (lit. There are two sons at me, like Irish ''Tá dhá mhac agam'')


===Passive===
===Passive===