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Peshpeg has only definite articles; indefiniteness is expressed by lack of an article. There are four forms of the definite article, each which must agree with the declension of the noun they modify. In the modern language, articles appear before the noun they modify, in contrast with older forms of the language. The change in word order is a result of Minhast influence, where modifiers precede precede their heads. With the exception of the direct case, the stem for the definite article of first declension nouns is ''do-''. Note that the | Peshpeg has only definite articles; indefiniteness is expressed by lack of an article. There are four forms of the definite article, each which must agree with the declension of the noun they modify. In the modern language, articles appear before the noun they modify, in contrast with older forms of the language. The change in word order is a result of Minhast influence, where modifiers precede precede their heads. With the exception of the direct case, the stem for the definite article of first declension nouns is ''do-''. Note that the in possessive constructions, definite articles agree with the declension class of the possessum but take the case of the possessor. | ||
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! colspan="2" |Fourth Declension | ! colspan="2" |Fourth Declension | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Singulative | ||
! Plural | ! Plural | ||
! | ! Singulative | ||
! Plural | ! Plural | ||
! | ! Singulative | ||
! Plural | ! Plural | ||
! Singular | ! Singular | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Direct | ! Direct | ||
| tas | |||
| tal | | tal | ||
| | | talos | ||
| talo | | talo | ||
| | | talis | ||
| tali | | tali | ||
| | | talis | ||
| talim | | talim | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Dative | ||
| dors | |||
| dorhi | | dorhi | ||
| | | tados | ||
| tador | | tador | ||
| | | tanos | ||
| tanok | | tanok | ||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center| (n/a) | | colspan="2" style="text-align: center| (n/a) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Oblique | ||
| dorhas | |||
| dorhat | | dorhat | ||
| | | tados | ||
| tadon | | tadon | ||
| | | tados | ||
| | | tadok | ||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center| (n/a) | | colspan="2" style="text-align: center| (n/a) | ||
|} | |} | ||