Hi all,
This is an issue which was briefly discussed on IRC on 2017-12-26, and
Jonathan advised me to post about it here. It is about possessive
determiners in Marathi.
Minimal examples:
1. "tyacha ghoda" = "his horse" (horse is masculine)
2. "ticha ghoda" = "her horse"
3. "tyachi gay" = "his cow" (cow is feminine)
4. "tichi gay" = "her cow"
What these examples show is that the possessive determiners are inflected
according to the gender of both the possessor and the possessed. This is
also true for the number of both in Marathi. (There are three genders and
two numbers.)
Previously, 'tyacha' was being analyzed with the tags <m><sg><gen><m><sg>,
which is an issue for structural transfer. We discussed two alternatives:
1. having XYZ<m><sg>+ch<gen><m><sg>, that is, treating the 'ch' forms as
separate lemmas
2. having XYZ<pm><psg><gen><am><asg>, that is, making separate tags for
the possessor and the possessed
What is the best way to proceed, with these options or maybe something else?
Shardul C.
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