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In Rinap, articles, which always precede nouns, work as inflected determiners. They are included even if nouns have other determiners such as demonstrative pronouns: 'kny '''beak''' rilia kno' 'the long '''road'''' However, members of lower social classes often use the demonstrative in the place of the article. | In Rinap, articles, which always precede nouns, work as inflected determiners. They are included even if nouns have other determiners such as demonstrative pronouns: 'kny '''beak''' rilia kno' 'the long '''road'''' However, members of lower social classes often use the demonstrative in the place of the article. Articles can also be used with uncountable nouns (e.g. water and salt) to indicate the amount: 'wi milo' 'little water', 'wis milho' 'some water', 'kni milo' 'a spesific amount of water', 'knis milho' 'much water'. | ||
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