Possession

Introduction

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In Zapotec you need to start with the possessed nouns phrase which is què', then the possessor noun phrase.

Subject Pronouns

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Main Focus

The main focus during our class session was on subject pronouns appearing after què'. The 3rd person informal has a special genitive form, -ni and -cani. Note the grave accent and lack of glottal stop. Then què'+ ya' gives us cha' and què'+ lu' gives us cho'.

Attaching Pronouns

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All pronouns attach to què' except for cho' and cha'.

Possessor Pronouns

Example Sentences

• My pen.
• Here- Pluma chá'ni.
• There- Pluma chánà'.
• Out of sight- Pluma cha'á.

• Vestidu què' niulato'nà'.
• The girl's dress.

• Què'li taa' miishinà'?
• Is that your cat?

• Shuudiá deenyé bia' què' unto'nà'.
• The father has the child's comb.

• Beccu' què' niulanà' beeshia'nà'.
• The woman's dog was barking.

• Carru què' beyùú'ná' rteenà'.
• The man's car is on fire.

• Gutoo beccu'á lagoo què' miishi què' Enriquenà'.
• The dog ate Henry's cat's food.

• Niulanà' bedibiisi'nà vestidu què'níá.
• The woman dried her dress.

• Beeshia'á beccu' què'caníá.
• Their dog was barking.

• Inda ilaa' què'riu'ni naanà' nú adiccáttzé.
• Our beer is the best.

• Carru què'nìá duuná liisíriu'.
• His car is at our house.

• Beccu' què'tú'nà' beeshia'nàlú.
• Our dog barked at you.

• Què'li taá miishinà?
• Is that y'all's cat?

• Què'ccwa' taá miishinà?
• Is that your cat? (formal)

• Begaadia taa presidenteá beccu' què'yénà.
• The president bathed his dog.

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