Lesson 6 — Grammatical Topic — Equivalent of "to have" — s–wil + possessed noun

The simplest Samala equivalent of "to have" is an expression with wil "to exist" plus a noun with a possesive marker:
The literal meaning of this expression is "there exists" plus the possessed noun.
	s–wil ha k–wop	"I have a son"
		literally "there exists my son"
	s–wil ha –itn	"he/she has a child"
		literally "there exists his/her child"
	s–wil he ha p–icis	"do you have a younger brother or sister?"
		literally "does there exist your younger sibling?"
When there's no possessive marker on the noun, the Samala phrase is simply an equivalent to English "there is," as in
	s–wil ha o	"there's water"
And of course the negative of wil is insil, which can translate as "there's no X" or "there isn't any X," as in
	insil ha o	"there's no water"
How would you translate the following Samala phrases? Hold the mouse over the phrase and you'll see the English translation.
	s–wil ha p–tomol
	s–wil he ha s–ciwis?
	insil ha –alum
	noswil ha p–alum
	s–wil he ha pon?
	s–wil ha –i–itn
	insil ha uwumu

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