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===Determiners=== | ===Determiners=== | ||
There are three types of determiners in Peshpeg that occur either as suffixes, such as the definite and demonstrative suffixes, or as independent | There are three types of determiners in Peshpeg that occur either as suffixes, such as the definite and demonstrative suffixes, or as quantifiers, independent words that precede their noun heads to which they are joined with the linker ''mon'', e.g. ''Vadzini mon Golahách mon nodorzhi'' "several of the Ín Duári slaves". | ||
words that precede their noun heads | |||
The language has a definite marker that refers not only to specific or highly referential nouns, but it may also serve to refer to an abstract class e.g. ''gazhda'' < ''*gal-gda</u>'' "the (class of animals known as) horse". The definite marker is also used to nominalize verbs, e.g. ''lozha'' < ''loz-<u>sha</u>'' "singing". The definite marker, which occurs as a suffix, has different forms that agree in number and gender with their noun heads; however, it does not mark for case. The forms for the definite marker are as follows: | The language has a definite marker that refers not only to specific or highly referential nouns, but it may also serve to refer to an abstract class e.g. ''gazhda'' < ''*gal-gda</u>'' "the (class of animals known as) horse". The definite marker is also used to nominalize verbs, e.g. ''lozha'' < ''loz-<u>sha</u>'' "singing". The definite marker, which occurs as a suffix, has different forms that agree in number and gender with their noun heads; however, it does not mark for case. The forms for the definite marker are as follows: | ||