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On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Eric Christopherson wrote: >On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 06:03:41PM +1300, andrew wrote: >> E sewenith-w lla werdad k'yn weg er parolad, >> A h-afar yn berson alltr es a widder ffeig' Dew. > >Does Brithenig have the kind of possession that doesn't use a word for "of"? Aye. It's a funny old language and no mistake! It's one of two possessive constructions. The other uses "di"; this di-less possessive derives either from Latin or the British substrate. In Kerno: Daphoni li meint ce wertate alchtempoer deckue: il carer ces altoer mbersonne aty-l wether la nfaze le Dew. Padraic. >Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo