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This is due to the phonetic rules: in the word ''zilf'', the ''f'' becomes voiced due to its position between a voiced consonant and a vowel, so ''zilf'' becomes ''zilve''. | This is due to the phonetic rules: in the word ''zilf'', the ''f'' becomes voiced due to its position between a voiced consonant and a vowel, so ''zilf'' becomes ''zilve''. | ||
The last word, ''baas'', shows a change in the written form of the long vowel and at the same time a voicing of the last consonant. | The last word, ''baas'', shows a change in the written form of the long vowel and at the same time a voicing of the last consonant. | ||
==Articles== | |||
In Aarlaansk there are two kinds of article: '''definite article''' and '''indefinite article'''. The first is used to talk about things, people, concepts that are already known by both the speaker and the listener, whereas the indefinite article introduces concepts, things, people that are new. | |||
The indefinite article is just one: ''uin'' and it is used with both common and neuter nouns, it hasn't got a plural form, so the only way to make an indefinite plural is to omit it, ex.: ''uin masie'', "a house", ''masies'', "houses", but also "some houses". | |||
The definite article has got a gender differentiation in the singular but a common form in the plural: | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!'''Gender''' | |||
!'''Singular''' | |||
!'''Plural''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''Common''' | |||
|hij | |||
|hies | |||
|- | |||
!'''Neuter''' | |||
|hoe | |||
|hies | |||
|} | |||
The articles always precede the noun they are referred to. | |||