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dwA! Thanks for the invite. Note that the name should be itrw Hapi rather than Hapi itrw given that the grammar of mdw nTr is not like the grammar of english.
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dwA for the correction!
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dwA n.k also according to Vygus, the final would be two flowering reeds rather than one, so the best rendition would be Hapy over Hapi as well.
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@obadelekambon dwA!
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@snKwaku dwA n.k
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Is it itrw Hapy because Hapy is being used as an “adjective as modifier”?
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It’s because that’s how possession works in mdw nTr, just like numerous other languages like Yorùbá across the board, Wolof for 3rd person singular, Kikôngo and Kiswahili with noun class changing what amounts to the indirect genitive element, n.k. The noun that’s being possessed goes before the possessor in the grammar. Instead of an english type of construction like my dog, it’s dog (of) mine. Two nouns in direct apposition except in the case of the so-called Bantu languages where it’s still the same word order but in indirect apposition due to the intervening element that changes based on noun class.
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