Alienable vs. Inalienable Distinction in Nominals

SG marks a distinction between possession of something thought of as close to a person, and in a way inalienable. Examples of inalienable entities are body parts, relatives, and pets. Alienable objects on the other hand, include most all everyday objects.

Inalienable Possession

Inalienable possession is marked my a possessive pronoun which precedes the possessee, and he pronoun differs depending on the onset of the following word.

Inalienable pronouns before a Consonant:

Person/Gender	Singular	Plural
1	'moL'	'ar'
2	'doL'	'ur'
3M	'aL'	'an/am'
3F	'a'	'an/am'

Inalienable pronouns before a Vowel:

Person/Gender	Singular	Plural
1	'm	'ar n-'
2	'd	'ur n-'
3M	'a'	'an'
3F	'a h-'	'an'

Alienable Possession

Instead of using a possessive pronoun as above, SG uses a locative construction (with aig, 'at') to express ownership of an alienable object.

Definite Article + Possessee + aig + Possessor

an	gille	aig	Mairi
the	boy	at	Mary
'Mary's boyfriend'