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RV 32 (Rh) The complete set of Noun Suffix Pronouns is:

Note 4.2 Verb: Verb forms /allə/ 'there is', /allu/ 'there are' and /yəlləm/ 'there is not', /yəlləm/ 'there are not' as equivalent to English 'have' and 'have not.'

/allə/ 'there is', 'there exists' (Note 2.3) and the plural /allu/ 'there are', 'there exist' are used with Verb Suffix Pronouns.

The thing possessed is the subject of /allə/ or /allu/. The owner is indicated by a suffix pronoun, e.g. /məSıhaf alləñ/ 'I have a book', literally 'there is a book to me', /ammıst məSıhafocc alluñ/ 'I have five books', literally 'there are to me five books'.

The forms of /allə/ and /allu/, with the verb suffixed pronouns, are: