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The negative article is ''n<u>ə</u>-''. It specifies none of something, and is equivalent to English "no" in "I see '''no''' car." | The negative article is ''n<u>ə</u>-''. It specifies none of something, and is equivalent to English "no" in "I see '''no''' car." | ||
The articles are summarized in the table below: | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:center; text-align:center" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | Article !! colspan="4" | Ending !! rowspan="2" | Usage | |||
|- | |||
! possessed !! singular countable !! plural countable !! uncountable | |||
|- | |||
! Definite | |||
| rowspan="2" | – || colspan="3" | -<u>ə</u>n || | |||
|- | |||
! Semidefinite | |||
| colspan="3" | – || | |||
|- | |||
! Indefinite | |||
| (same as unpossessed noun) || m<u>ə</u>- || rowspan="2" colspan="2" | -<u>a</u> || | |||
|- | |||
! Partitive | |||
| colspan="2" | -<u>a</u> || | |||
|- | |||
! Negative | |||
| colspan="4" | n<u>ə</u>- || | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||