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! Definite | ! Definite | ||
| || rowspan="2" | – || colspan="3" | -<u>ə</u>n | | Something known to both speaker and listener, that may have been previously mentioned or that is uniquely specified. || rowspan="2" | – || colspan="3" | -<u>ə</u>n | ||
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! Semidefinite | ! Semidefinite | ||
| || colspan="3" | – | | Something specific that is identifiable by the speaker but not the listener, or that has not been previously mentioned. || colspan="3" | – | ||
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! Indefinite | ! Indefinite | ||
| || (same as unpossessed noun) || m<u>ə</u>- || rowspan="2" colspan="2" | -<u>a</u> | | A non-specific member of a class. || (same as unpossessed noun) || m<u>ə</u>- || rowspan="2" colspan="2" | -<u>a</u> | ||
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! Partitive | ! Partitive | ||
| || colspan="2" | -<u>a</u> | | A non-specific quantity of something. || colspan="2" | -<u>a</u> | ||
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! Negative | ! Negative | ||
| || colspan="4" | n<u>ə</u>- | | None of something. || colspan="4" | n<u>ə</u>- | ||
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