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I never wanted you to give a reference to an article, because I've never thought that it matters. I don't really give a damn what Hurrian or Sumerian do, at least with regard to your language. Your language must simply make sense with itself, not necessarily match any other actual language.

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I think, as far as the ablative-instrumental, you could just change "Also, The ablative instrumental is used when something or somebody did or does something. This is most often found with passive sentences" into "Also, the ablative instrumental is found in passive sentences."

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I still can't stand this description: "The ablative instrumental is used when something or somebody did or does something." Do you mean that it is used to denote "by means of" something? That is, "He killed him with a sword"? Or do you mean that it denotes the agent in a passive sentence: "He was killed by him"? Or something else?

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Originally written by Pluropolis:

—Alorael, who is depressed by the confusion of eye and ear candy with capital A Art. If it helps, think of games as films. The question isn't which has the best looking sets (mostly) or best score. The question is which directors did something memorable and ingenious.

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finally, here is my answer to your questions:

1. Usage of genitive.
As far as we understand the Hurrian grammar genitive is only used to express possession and relationship.

2. "a glass of milk"
What a difficult question!

Firstly, the word for milk itself: We do not know whether the Hurrians used singular or plural for liquids. I would guess, milk is plural as it is in Sumerian and Akkadian, but that's not a proof. Just consider the word shije, shie "water" in singuar [the plural form shije=na means "water(courses), rivers"], and tarm=a=(n)ni "source (for water), ground water" derived from the verb tarm- "to give to drink, to water" (not: "to drink"), which is also a word in singular.
Then, did they have an own word for milk or is milk something that e.g. comes "out of the cow". In this case we would have several derivation suffixes just to express milk.

Secondly, what's the construction? In principle, it could be a genitive construction (like e.g. in Italian) but it could also could be something else. We do not have any similar construction so that we just do not know. I also asked Mauro Giorgieri (I consider him the one who understands the Hurrian grammar the best, these days) about this, and he couldn't say.

All I can say is: If it was a genitive construction it would be (but I am sure, you already know this):
in ergative: GLASS=sh MILK=(ne=)ve=ne=sh (or plural: MILK=na=ash=e=ne=sh)
in absolutive: GLASS MILK=(ne=)ve (or plural: MILK=na=ash=e)

I am sorry that I have no better answer to your question.

However, if you have any more question I can try to answer them.

Best wishes from Heidelberg,

Jeanette

Dr. Jeanette C. Fincke
c/o Institut für Sprachen und Kulturen
des Vorderen Orients - Assyriologie
Hauptstr. 126
D - 69117 Heidelberg

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Originally written by Lady Davida:

OOC:

Yeah, Cain hadn't lost himself yet by Ephesos' post. I would advise a complete revision of that post. I also doubt that Filbert would be able to get there so quickly after his little run-in; remember, too, that there were only two ways to the place our characters are now. There's a reason nobody mentioned chosing a path; there's only one choice, so far, and that is backward or forward.In addition to that, I find the reentry somewhat unbelievable; nobody would stop fighting, that's for sure, and at least two or three of our characters would kill Filbert on sight, wolf-killer or not. He's going to have to do much more than kill a wolf if he's to be accepted; I highly doubt that Lisha would ever put any trust in him whatsoever.

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

I had another friend who suffered a heart attack because he failed to get a joke. That wasn't funny either.

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You know, Ash wouldn't have a reason to make these corny-ass jokes anymore if you people weren't so dense.
Remember, we're not laughing with you, we're doing your mom.

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