niin 1
pronoun
English. 3rd person sg. genetive pronoun.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kalabung kali' ami pegliketeday ni Jon genat tug balibulaan, nda'u niin depetay, pu' melegen sindakan sug bisiklita nen.
English. Yesterday when Jon was racing me home from the volleyball court, he couldn't catch up with me, because his bicycle is hard
to pedal.
Grammar. This form is required by the grammar when a 1st or 2nd person pronoun is the topic of the verb. If a named 3rd person noun
is topic, the clitic, -en/nen occurs for the genetive.
Synonym. -en