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The article inflects and triggers mutation based on number and gender. | The article inflects and triggers mutation based on number and gender. | ||
The singular definite article '' | The singular definite article ''ye'' and ''ye<sup>N</sup>'' changes to ''yen'' (with no mutation) before a noun starting with a vowel or a semivowel. For example: | ||
*''* | *''*ye<sup>N</sup> ùr'' > ''yen ùr'' /in ˈwɤː/ (masculine) 'the sense (nominative)'; | ||
*''*ye àvaħ'' > '' | *''*ye àvaħ'' > ''yen àvaħ'' /in ˈaːvaħ/ (neuter) 'the book (nominative)'. | ||
But: | But: | ||
*'' | *''ye<sup>L</sup> aszuòc'' > ''ye h'aszuòc'' /i xasˈtswɔːts/ (feminine) 'the guilt (nominative)'. | ||
Collective nouns are by nature definite, and the collective of a noun is formed by using the collective article before the singular form. | Collective nouns are by nature definite, and the collective of a noun is formed by using the collective article before the singular form. | ||
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! nom. | ! nom. | ||
| '' | | ''ye<sup>N</sup>'' || ''ye<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ye'' || ''na'' || ''ner'' || ''na<sup>N</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>N</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ba'' | ||
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! gen. | ! gen. | ||
| ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || '' | | ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ye<sup>N</sup>'' || ''na'' || ''na'' || ''na'' || ''ba<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>N</sup>'' | ||
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