Verb Possession in Niualsa
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How subjects can possess verbs.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User] on 11 Apr 2019, 19:30.
[comments] ius In Niualsa there is a feature where subjects, specifically animals, people, and usually animate living things, can actually own a specific verb. In English this feature sort of exists within the sentence "I walk while he talks.". The word while shows that I am walking at the same time that he is talking, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he is also walking.
In one sentence you can have a maximum of 3 subjects possessing verbs. To show the subject that is possessing the verb you must put alb/ilb/ulb, which is a sort of determiner that indicates possession for verbs, immediately in front of the possessor and then immediately after the verb being possessed.
First Subject Possessor - alb
Second Subject Possessor - ilb
Third Subject Possessor - ulb
Since you will only use Verb Possession with a minimum of 2 subject possessors you need to include the word du, which means "and". This just makes it easier to identify the two possessors apart from each other.
For example, the sentence "I walk while he talks." is written like this in Niualsa: Alb map ha-xui alb du ilb bia hu-mau ilb.
We can see that alb is written twice, once before the possessor (which is map: meaning I) and once after the verb "ha-xui". We also notice that ilb is written twice, again once before the possessor and once after the verb. Ilb indicates that he (bia) is talking.
So with this sentence we see that I am walking and he is talking but he is not walking with me. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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