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==Articles==
==Determiners==
Corrádi nouns are preceded by articles that indicate definiteness, topicality and numberIndefinite and non-topic nouns are null marked.
Determiners perform several functions in Corrádi.  Before NPs, they mark the subject argument of a copula before its complement. 
 
{{Gloss
|phrase = Vara im reni tohar.  
| IPA = /'vara ɪm 'rɛni tohar/
| morphemes = var-a im reni tohar  
| gloss = be-1S DET woman bad
| translation = I am not an evil woman.
}}
 
They nominalize clauses when placed immediately before the verb in the embedded clause.
 
The forms of the various determiners and their primary functions are illustrated in the following table


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