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===Attributives===
===Attributives===
Attributives (also called definitives) modify a nominal and occur at the beginning of the nominal phrase. Some agree with the nominal in gender/number, but most are invariable. Words that can occur independently (such as articles) or that are declined forms of nominals/verbs may not strictly be considered attributives, but they are included here for convenience.
Attributives (also called definitives) modify a nominal and occur at the beginning of the nominal phrase. Some agree with the nominal in gender/number, but most are invariable. Words that can occur independently (such as articles) or that are declined forms of nominals/verbs may not strictly be considered attributives, but they are included here for convenience.
====Articles====
====Definite article====
See [[Qino#Demonstratives|demonstratives]].
The definite demonstrative is used to specify something and to indicate definiteness. It can be translated to "the".
:e.g. ''<b>ka</b> nama'' "'''the''' person"; ''cascase <b>ta</b>m'' "'''the''' red '''ones'''".
 
When used as an article, it directly precedes the noun being modified. An exception is with numerals: the article precedes the numeral and agrees with it in gender - e.g. ''ta afar nama'' "the four people" (not *''afar ka nama''). Articles only decline in primary cases; other cases use the absolutive forms.
 
There is no dedicated plural form. If plural must be specified, ''mara'' "ones" (with feminine articles) can be used - e.g. ''ta mara'' "the ones".
 
For other articles, see [[Qino#Demonstratives|demonstratives]].
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Qino definite article
|-
! Masculine !! Feminine
|-
! Absolutive
| ka || ta
|-
! Nominative
| ku || tu
|-
! Genitive
| ki || ti
|-
|}
 
====Numerals====
====Numerals====
See [[Qino#Numbers|numbers]].
See [[Qino#Numbers|numbers]].
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