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Chick Corean uses a possessive prefix, either on a classifier placed before the possessum (classifiers are also used as definite articles) for alienable possession or directly on the possessum for inalienable possession. | Chick Corean uses a possessive prefix, either on a classifier placed before the possessum (classifiers are also used as definite articles) for alienable possession or directly on the possessum for inalienable possession. | ||
Examples: | |||
:''Teuk s-raev hundeofin'' = the man's song (e.g. a song that he is singing) | |||
:''Teuk sju-hundeofin'' = the man's song (i.e. a song authored by him) | |||
:''X-lek zjeosm'' = my wife | |||
:''*Xi-zjeosm'' | |||
:''Xi-bae'' = my father | |||
:''*X-lek bae'' | |||
The possessive prefixes are as follows (they're always hyphenated): | The possessive prefixes are as follows (they're always hyphenated): | ||