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North Frisian
Etymology
From jam (“you ”) + -ens (genitival suffix). Compare Danish jeres.
Determiner
jamens (invariable)
(Föhr-Amrum, dated)
- collective form of jau (“your”), used optionally when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation
- jamens sark ― your church (e.g. the building in your village, or the demonination to which you belong)
Pronoun
jamens (invariable)
(Föhr-Amrum, dated)
- collective form of jau, jauen (“yours”) as above
See also
- The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
- At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
- Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
- Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
- The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.