As for sa, it has as its basic function keeping two gravor from combining into a compound,
but it can also function, indirectly, as a sort of possessive particle.
Go ten sa dom. The I-have house, or, the house that I have, or my house.
This can be abbreviated to.
Go sa dom. My house.
This also works with any other pronoun, name, or noun:
Janzo ten sa dom > Janzo sa dom
To xyen ten sa dom > To xyen sa dom
So sa is not a possessive particle technically, but can function as though it were.
As for pronunciation, sa is meant to be unstressed. I've been in the habit of writing
it without a space, gosa, to ensure that, but I've been talked out of it, for the sake
of consistency, so sa should always have a space before it.
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