Quick Quiz Answers
Posessives
Sumerian to English:
til.zu = your life
bad.bi = its wall
nin.ani =his/her queen
bad Uruk.ak =the wall of Uruk
English to Sumerian:
for her child = dumu.ani.ir
my king = lugal.ĝu
his house = e.ani
the queen of your temple = nin e.zu.ak
The .ir suffix is explained in the next section.
The Case System
Case System Preliminaries
The subject of the quiz sentence is the phrase "The quick brown fox", and the object is the phrase "the lazy dog".
The Genitive Case
igi.ene nin.ak = the eyes of the queen
lugal Urim.ak = the king of Urim
amar ses.zu.ak = the calf of your brother
the brother of the king = ses lugal.ak
the sister of my mother = nin ama.ğa
Case System Quiz
Sumerian to English:
lugal Uruk.ak = the king of Uruk
nin.ir = for the queen
e lugal.ak = the house of the king
dumu nin.ak.ir = for the lady's child
English to Sumerian:
the son of the king = dumu lugal.ak
for the queen of Uruk = nin Uruk.ak.ir
the child of Uruk = dumu Uruk.ak
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