Rules for Constructing Possessives
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Rules for Constructing Possessives
Description
Chart of rules for constructing possessives.
Creator
Brian White
Source
Derived from materials developed in experimental Mongolian language courses taught at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and University of Maine Augusta from 2009 to 2012.
Date
2012
Contributor
American Center for Mongolian Studies
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Language
Mongolian
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Rules for Constructing Possessives
| Condition | Explanation | |
| Male vowels | Female vowels | |
| -ны | -ний | Added onto words ending with long vowels. Example: дуу+ны, ширээ+ний |
| Exceptions: цонх+ны, цүнх+ний, мод+ны, шал+ны, хоол+ны, үүл+ний, утас+ны | ||
| -ын |
-ийн |
Added onto words ending with short vowels. Example: уул+ын, хана+ын, зураг+ийн |
| Exceptions: people related words ending in long vowels - Даваа+/г/+ийн, дүү+/г/+ийн Male words ending in ж, ч, ш, и, ь, г require the “–ийн” ending. |
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| -ы | -ий |
Added onto words that end in “н”. Example: сонин+ы, үнэн+ий, амьтaн+ы |
| Exceptions: байшин+/г/+ийн, дүн+/г/+ийн | ||
| -н |
Added onto words that end in pair vowels (diphthongs). Example: нохой+н, могой+н, ой+н, далай+н, гахай+н |
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Brian White, “Rules for Constructing Possessives,” Mongolian Language Resource Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, http://themongolist.com/langdb/items/show/40.