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My friend Maria

This passage introduces alienable and inalienable possessives.

save marias du me amighon. save de asé caros oceanadhi. estimave a pitxon. vivave on e dome nebe la fluve. save e canis de marie. suve du asé nomis rexi.

Maria is my friend. Her car is blue. She likes pizza. She lives in a house by the river. She has a dog. Its name is Rex.

  1. save marias du me amighon.
    • translation: Maria is my friend.
    • notes:
      • We use "du" for inalienable possession, as friendship is an inalienable relationship.
  2. save de asé caros oceanadhi.
    • translation: Her car is blue.
  3. estimave a pitxon.
    • translation: She likes pizza.
    • notes:
      • We use the weak indefinite article "a" because we're talking about pizza in a general sense.
  4. vivave on e dome nebe la fluve.
    • translation: She lives in a house by the river.
  5. save e canis de marie.
    • translation: She has a dog.
    • notes:
      • Literally "A dog is of Maria", as we don't have a verb for "to have".
  6. suve du asé nomis rexi.
    • translation: Its name is Rex.
    • notes:
      • For names, we always use the veritas tense, as names are not subject to change.