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POSSESSIV PRONOUNS
The possessivs, my, mine, thy, thine, etc., may be rendered in two ways :

1. By the kimafal of the pronoun; fat oba, my father; fat obas, our father.

2. By the termination -ik, forming a possessiv adjectiv ; buk obik, my book; buks omsik, their books; buk at binom olik, this book is yours.

The kimafal is used when otherwise there would be too much repetition of the termination ik. = EXERCISE 10 =

'''Tidel obik tidom pulis lul. Kim binom tidel ola ? Tidel obsik labom julelis telsefol. P&uuml;k obas binom nelijap&uuml;k. Fat obik labom sonis kil e jisonis tel; sikod labob blodis tel e jiblodis tel. Binols cils lul. Fat obsik l&ouml;fom cilis omik. Mot obsik l&ouml;fof cilis ofa. Fat e mot obsik l&ouml;foms cilis omsik.'''

My teacher reads a book. Your father has four dogs. Who is YOUR teacher ? Our teacher is a Frenchman. Our father and mother love their children. Who is our father ? Our father is the husband of our mother. Your father and my mother are friends. My teacher's language [language of teacher mine] is French [French language]. Your teacher reads my books.

DEMONSTRATIVS
The demonstrativ pronouns, which are used as adjectivs, and also by themselvs, are the following :