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#: ''The feminine singular definite article. Becomes '''''[[l’]]''''' before a vowel.'' | #: ''The feminine singular definite article. Becomes '''''[[Contionary: l'|l’]]''''' before a vowel.'' | ||
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* '''''[[lu#Braereth|lu]]''''' ‘the (''masculine singular'')’ | * '''''[[Contionary: lu#Braereth|lu]]''''' ‘the (''masculine singular'')’ | ||
===Pronoun=== | ===Pronoun=== | ||
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* '''''[[le#Braereth|le]]''''' ‘him’ | * '''''[[Contionary: le#Braereth|le]]''''' ‘him’ | ||
==[[Europic]]== | ==[[Europic]]== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:40, 18 March 2026
Avendonian
Pronunciation
Article
la
- feminine singular definite article
Inflection
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | el | la |
| plural | li | le |
Bemé
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Polysemant
la
- (before a verb) forms a conditional verb
- Mi la puchinam amo ey mi ab teym.
- "I would travel more if I had the time."
- Mi la puchinam amo ey mi ab teym.
- (after a verb) forms a yes-no question
- Takin la Bemeh?
- "Do you speak Bemé?"
- Takin la Bemeh?
- (at the end of a sentence without interrogatives) forms a question
- Yeh, ba yu tink dag bi deti edag la?
- "Yes, but do you consider a dog to be a dirty animal?" - John Travolta, Pulp Fiction
- Yeh, ba yu tink dag bi deti edag la?
Braereth
Pronunciation & Variants
| Official | Classical | Tenibvreth | Eomentesa | Merineth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /la/ | [la] | [lə] ⟪la⟫ |
[la] ⟨la⟩ |
[la] ⧼la⧽ |
Etymology
Determiner
la
- the
- The feminine singular definite article. Becomes l’ before a vowel.
Declension
| The Definite Article (“the”) |
The Indefinite Article (“a, an, some”) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Singular | lu, l’* | la, l’* | un, n’* | una, n’* | |
| Plural | lis | les | unis | unes | |
* Form used before a vowel.
Coordinate Terms
- lu ‘the (masculine singular)’
Pronoun
la
- her
- Third person singular feminine direct objective pronoun.
Coordinate Terms
- le ‘him’
Europic
Pronunciation
- Europic Phonology: /la/
Adjective (Determiner)
la
- the
- this, that
- There are no true articles in Europic, but la is used as a definite particle which can be further specified to mean ‘that’ or ‘this’ (cf. French ce). It later evolved into a definite article in Vulgar European and other daughter languages.
Hakdor
Pronunciation
- Hakdor Phonology: /la/ ([la])
Etymology
Conjunction
la
- that, which
- A conjunction which precedes a relative clause.
Modern Standard Imperial
Pronunciation
(Modern Standard Imperial) IPA: /la/
Adverb
la
- which, what
- Interrogative particle.
Reneissan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
(Reneissan) IPA: /la/
Determiner
la (masculine singular il, masculine plural i, feminine plural lai, prevocalic singular l', prevocalic plural lais)
- the; masculine singular definite article
Toki Pona
Etymology
From Esperanto or Romance definite article. Created by Sonja Lang pre-pu.
Pronunciation
(Toki Pona) IPA: /la/
Particle
la
- mark the previous statement as context to the following statement
Categories:
- Contionary
- Avendonian definite articles
- Avendonian articles
- Avendonian words
- Avendonian determiners
- Bemé words
- Bemé polysemants
- Braereth words
- Braereth determiners
- Braereth articles
- Braereth pronouns
- Europic words
- Europic adjectives
- Europic determiners
- Europic correlatives
- Hakdor words
- Hakdor conjunctions
- Modern Standard Imperial words
- Modern Standard Imperial adverbs
- Reneissan determiners
- Reneissan words
- Aquatiki
- Toki Pona particles
- Toki Pona words