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+ | '''Possessive construction''' here subsumes constructions with possessive pronouns and with NPs with an '''''-s''''' attached at the end (without apostrophe). | ||
− | + | ===Possessive pronouns=== | |
− | + | Possessive pronouns come in three patterns: | |
− | + | Pattern 1: '''''hans''''' ('his'), '''''hennes''''' ('her'), ''dens'' ('its', masc and fem.), ''dets'' ('its', neut.), | |
− | Pattern 1: ''hans'' ('his'), ''hennes'' ('her'), ''dens'' ('its', masc and fem.), ''dets'' ('its', neut.), ''dennes'' ('this one's', masc and fem.), | + | ''dennes'' ('this one's', masc and fem.), ''dettes'' ('that one's', neuter), ''deres'' (your', plur., and 'their', plur.) |
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Pattern 2: ''min'' ('my'), ''din'' ('your'), ''sin'' (reflexive 'his', 'her') | Pattern 2: ''min'' ('my'), ''din'' ('your'), ''sin'' (reflexive 'his', 'her') | ||
Pattern 3: ''vår'' ('our'). | Pattern 3: ''vår'' ('our'). | ||
− | Pattern 1 uses | + | Pattern 1 uses essentially a personal pronoun plus ''-s''; see [[Personal pronouns in Norwegian]]. |
Pattern 2 inflects much like adjectives, exemplifying with ''min'': | Pattern 2 inflects much like adjectives, exemplifying with ''min'': |
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Possessive construction here subsumes constructions with possessive pronouns and with NPs with an -s attached at the end (without apostrophe).
Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns come in three patterns:
Pattern 1: hans ('his'), hennes ('her'), dens ('its', masc and fem.), dets ('its', neut.), dennes ('this one's', masc and fem.), dettes ('that one's', neuter), deres (your', plur., and 'their', plur.) Pattern 2: min ('my'), din ('your'), sin (reflexive 'his', 'her') Pattern 3: vår ('our').
Pattern 1 uses essentially a personal pronoun plus -s; see Personal pronouns in Norwegian.
Pattern 2 inflects much like adjectives, exemplifying with min:
with a masculine singular noun: min with a feminine singular noun: mi with a neuter singular noun: mitt with a plural noun, any gender: mine
Pattern 3, i.e., vår, has the pattern:
with a masculine singular noun: vår with a feminine singular noun: vår with a neuter singular noun: vårt with a plural noun, any gender: våre
Genitives occupy the position otherwise held by the definite article, and they may be said to induce a definiteness effect in that they require the weak form of the adjective. Contrary to the definite article, however, the ensuing noun has to be in indefinite form (parenthesis indicating that the well- or illformedness indicated for the example prevails in the presence of either of the parenthesized words):
mine (tre) (små) griser
min (lille) gris
- min (lille) grisen
- mine (tre) (små) grisene
den rike bondens (tre) (små) griser
den rike bondens (lille) gris
- den rike bondens (tre) (små) grisene
For possessive pronouns, another position of occurrence is immediately after the noun, which then has to be in definite form:
grisen min
- gris min
den lille grisen min
de tre grisene mine
- den lille gris min
- lille grisen min
- tre grisene mine
The last two examples show that also for this use of definite nouns, the requirements III and V above imposed by preceding weak adjectives and numerals hold.