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Brythohellenic hasn't got ''indefinite article'', to translate phrases like "a cat" or "some women" we have just to omit the article: '''ælŵr''' means both "a cat" and "cat", and '''gunæs''' means both "some women" and "women". | Brythohellenic hasn't got ''indefinite article'', to translate phrases like "a cat" or "some women" we have just to omit the article: '''ælŵr''' means both "a cat" and "cat", and '''gunæs''' means both "some women" and "women". | ||
There is only one kind of article, the ''definite'' one: this article is used to talk about well known things that are familiar to the speakers, because they have already been talked about, or because they belong to the experiences baggage of the speakers, that is we use the definite article to talk about known informations, to talk about determined informations. | There is only one kind of article, the ''definite'' one: this article is used to talk about well known things that are familiar to the speakers, because they have already been talked about, or because they belong to the experiences baggage of the speakers, that is we use the definite article to talk about known informations, to talk about determined informations. | ||
The definite article has got one invariable form, '''to''', that is used both for masculine and feminine nouns, for singular and plural nouns: '''to omyr''', "the rain"; '''to | The definite article has got one invariable form, '''to''', that is used both for masculine and feminine nouns, for singular and plural nouns: '''to omyr''', "the rain"; '''to hwvað''', "the body"; '''to lwsæ''', "the languages"; '''to nysø''', "the islands", and so on. | ||
When a noun is determined, that is preceded by the article or other determiners (such as possessives or demonstratives) and is followed by an adjective - in standard Elynik the adjectives always follow the substantives - the article shifts bewtween noun and adjective, ex.: | When a noun is determined, that is preceded by the article or other determiners (such as possessives or demonstratives) and is followed by an adjective - in standard Elynik the adjectives always follow the substantives - the article shifts bewtween noun and adjective, ex.: | ||
* '''to omyr''' > '''omyr to surin''' (= "the cold rain", lit. "rain the cold (one)"); | * '''to omyr''' > '''omyr to surin''' (= "the cold rain", lit. "rain the cold (one)"); | ||
* '''to nysø''' > '''nysø to | * '''to nysø''' > '''nysø to euweðø''' (= "the fertile islands", lit. "islands the fertile (ones)"). | ||
Even when a noun doesn't need the article - for example proper nouns - it appears between this noun and the possible adjective, ex.: | Even when a noun doesn't need the article - for example proper nouns - it appears between this noun and the possible adjective, ex.: | ||
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* '''Elyn''' (= "Helena") > '''Elyn ''to'' plyd kalin''' (= "the most beautiful Helena", lit. "Helena the most beautiful (one)"). | * '''Elyn''' (= "Helena") > '''Elyn ''to'' plyd kalin''' (= "the most beautiful Helena", lit. "Helena the most beautiful (one)"). | ||
¹ Nowadays they tend to use the word ''Elas'' to mean ''Elas to Kæn'', while the "Old Greece" is known as ''Elas to | ¹ Nowadays they tend to use the word ''Elas'' to mean ''Elas to Kæn'', while the "Old Greece" is known as ''Elas to Palað''. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||