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--- user:zeman:interset:features [2014/09/04 22:30]
zeman
+++ user:zeman:interset:features [2014/10/12 08:29]
zeman plur
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 | sing | singular |
 | dual | dual |
-| plu | plural |
+| plur | plural |
 It applies e.g. to possessive pronouns and it can be different from their grammatical number, which is governed by agreement with the modified (possessed) noun phrase. Czech example: //můj pes// "my dog" (grammatical singular, possessor singular), //mí psi// "my dogs" (grammatical plural, possessor singular), //náš pes// "our dog" (grammatical singular, possessor plural), //naši psi// "our dogs" (grammatical plural, possessor plural).
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 | 2 | second (you) |
 | 3 | third (he, she, it, they) |
+Note that this feature is used also for possessive pronouns, where it means the person of the possessor. E.g. "my" has person=1, "your" has person=2, "their" has person=3.
 ===== possperson =====
-Possgender is possessor's person, marked e.g. in Hungarian.
+Possperson is possessor's person, marked e.g. in Hungarian. Don't use it for possessive pronouns (use [[https://wiki.ufal.ms.mff.cuni.cz/user:zeman:interset:features#person|person]] instead).
 | **Value** | **Description** |

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