4.5.2. Agreement in person/number with the possessor
The possessee agress in number and person with a pronominal possessor.
Nek-em/nek-ünk | van | gyerek-em/gyerek-ünk. |
DAT-1SG/DAT-1PL | be.3SG | child-1SG/child-1PL |
’I / We have a child.’
Source: É. Kiss 2014c: 63. (glosses slightly modified)
The possessee optionally agrees in number with a lexical possessor.
A | fiú-k-nak | van | pénz-e/pénz-ük. |
the | boy-PL-DAT | be.3SG | money-POSS/money-POSS.3PL |
’The boys have money.’
Source: É. Kiss 2002: 175. (citing Szabolcsi 1992)
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