Possessions - Things

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In the Fijian language there are three broad categories of possession. They are:

1. Things
2. Food
3. Drink

Today, we'll be looking at the first category for things. different suffixes are used depending upon the number of owners. For example:

Oqo na noqu vale.
This is my house.

Oqo na nomu vale.
This is your house.

Oqo na nona vale.
This is her house.

There are three important notes here:

1. When referring to things, we use "no".
2. The owner is identified by what is attached after "no":
3. There is no gender inferred by possessives. So nona may be used for his, her, or its.

To identify a singular owner, we use one of the following:

noqu	mine
nomu	yours
nona	his, hers, or its

Eating and drinking

Au sa via gunu.

I'm thirsty.

Au sa via kana.

I'm hungry.

Au sa via gunu na wai.

I want to drink water.

Au sa via kana na ika.

I want to eat fish.

Au sa vinakata e dua na bilo ni wai.

I want a cup of water.

Au sa vinakata e dua na ika.

I want a fish.