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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
*Definite article:
*Definite article:
**Comes at beginning of noun phrase. In the Arabic and Ge'ez scripts, combines to following word.
**Comes immediately before noun. In the Arabic and Ge'ez scripts, combines to following word.
**When the noun is qualified by a cardinal number, the article precedes and agrees with the number.
**Nouns in oblique cases use an absolutive article.
**Nouns in oblique cases use an absolutive article.
**The short forms are generally used immediately before the noun and the long forms otherwise.
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====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====

Revision as of 17:26, 13 January 2018

Qino

Alternative forms

  • ک (Western Arabic script)
  • ك (Eastern Arabic script)
  • ከ (Ge'ez script)

Etymology

Proto-Cushitic.

Pronunciation

(Qino) IPA: /ka/

Article

ka m.

  1. the; masculine absolutive definite article
    ka farda
    the horse

Pronoun

ka m.

  1. him, it (3rd person singular masculine short clitic accusative)
    ka arká.
    I see him.
  2. the one
    Teeti ka dha.
    It is hers. (i.e. It is her one.)

Usage notes

  • Definite article:
    • Comes immediately before noun. In the Arabic and Ge'ez scripts, combines to following word.
    • When the noun is qualified by a cardinal number, the article precedes and agrees with the number.
    • Nouns in oblique cases use an absolutive article.

Derived terms