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Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
My eyes are brown.
  
An sákiku swan húkyes.
[ˈan ˈsa.ki.kʉ ˈswɑn ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s]
anprox sáki-kueye-1 swa-enbe-prox húkyes.brown.

Saki takes inalienable possession, and is required to be possessed; one couldn't just say *An saki swa-n húkyes. Because ku is being used as a pronoun, a noun phrase is not required.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
This cat's eyes are brown.
  
An sákipel al myau swan húkyes.
[ˈan ˈsa.ki.pl̩ ˈal ˈmjæo ˈswɑn ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s]
anprox sáki-eleye-med almed myaucat swa-enbe-prox húkyes.brown.
  
An sákipi myau swan húkyes.
[ˈan ˈsa.ki.pi ˈmjæo ˈswɑn ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s]
anprox sáki-ieye-obv myaucat swa-enbe-prox húkyes.brown.
Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
The cat with brown eyes goes.
  
An myau lwe sáki húkyes naun.
[ˈan ˈmjæo lʷʊ̜̆s.ˈsa.ki ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈnaon]
anprox myaucat lwe=sákiwith=eye húkyesbrown naum-en.go-prox.

Or ...lwe húkyes saki.... Not *An myau lwe húkyes sakipen naun; when used with lwe, the noun doesn't take possessive marking.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Possession
The cat has brown eyes.
  
An myau swan lwe húkyes sáki.
[ˈan ˈmjæo ˈswɑn lʷʊ̜̆.ˈhu.kjᵿ̜̆s ˈsa.ki]
anprox myaucat swa-enbe-prox lwe=húkyeswith=brown sáki.eye.
Sentences to Test Conlang Syntax in Lwaitel
25. Slowly she looked around.
  
Hauschi lan sáki sáwep.
[ˈhaos.ʧɨ ˈlan ˈsa.ki ˈsa.wʊ̜̆p]
hauschislow lam-endo-prox sákieye sáwep.surroundings.