Kardii grammar: Vin

• Kardii grammar: Vin
  • Possesion
  • Inverse Voice
  • Comparative Expressions
    • Comparative Words

Possesion

The word 'vin', in one of its many uses, translates as 'of, from, or belonging to'. It comes before a noun and both are positioned as a modifier:



Personal pronouns and proper nouns do not require 'vin' to become possessive. They are simply positioned as modifiers:



When 'vin' is used before a pronoun or proper noun, the meaning is 'is such-and-such's', or 'belongs to' and the phrase forms a complete sentence:

Inverse Voice

Another use of the word 'vin' is to change a verb to inverse voice. This is done by placing 'vin' after the verb and its modifiers (i.e. after the 'i' marker):

Comparative Expressions

Yet another use of the word 'vin' is to compare one thing to another. A comparative expression consists of a modifier, a comparative word, 'vin' and the thing with which we are comparing:

Comparative Words