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2.4 "mine, yours" standing alone — the *diyy-* particle

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The possessive endings above attach to a noun. But what if you want "mine" on its own — "this house is mine"? For that, Assyrian uses a little carrier word diyy- and puts the same possessive endings on it:

Notice the endings are exactly the ones you just learned — you already know them. diyy- is just a peg to hang them on when there's no noun to attach to. You'll meet it in phrases like em beta et-diyyukh le? — "which house is yours?" (below).