Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench: Difference between revisions
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===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
The definite article is a clitic: | The definite article is a clitic: | ||
*Singular: | *Singular: =as (after C) or =su (after V) | ||
*Plural: | *Plural: =iw | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
*'' | *''hadr'' = a room | ||
*'' | *''hadras'' = the room | ||
*''hadrø'' = rooms | *''hadrø'' = rooms | ||
*''hadriw'' = the rooms | *''hadriw'' = the rooms | ||
*'' | *''hadr grú'' = a big room | ||
*'' | *''hadr grulas'' = the big room (< ''hah-hadr hag-gâdhol haz-ze'') | ||
*'' | *''botr grulr'' = big houses | ||
*'' | *''botr gruliw'' = the big houses | ||
There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatenation: ''šem-mawkaz'' = the king's name. | There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatenation: ''šem-mawkaz'' = the king's name. | ||