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Personal names are not used with articles in the standard language, but it is a prominent feature of Western dialects (in the provinces of Elenasyahr and Kawéy, and parts of Milesyihars province, as well as in the (mostly extinct) dialects of the Sinope area), which have greater Greek influence and use articles in front of names anywhere except for vocative phrases; e.g. ''tási Syáhpúrí tom námirom elém.'' "I gave Syáhpúr the book."<br/>However, even in the standard language, an article is used in front of pluralized given names to denote a group of more people defined from one of them, often (depending on context) "X and their family", e.g. ''tás Freyánehes'' "Freyáná and her family/friends/colleagues/etc." | Personal names are not used with articles in the standard language, but it is a prominent feature of Western dialects (in the provinces of Elenasyahr and Kawéy, and parts of Milesyihars province, as well as in the (mostly extinct) dialects of the Sinope area), which have greater Greek influence and use articles in front of names anywhere except for vocative phrases; e.g. ''tási Syáhpúrí tom námirom elém.'' "I gave Syáhpúr the book."<br/>However, even in the standard language, an article is used in front of pluralized given names to denote a group of more people defined from one of them, often (depending on context) "X and their family", e.g. ''tás Freyánehes'' "Freyáná and her family/friends/colleagues/etc." | ||
Titles (adpositions) follow the proper names they refer to and are not used with any article (e.g. ''Iyústinyanos iluhan rómeyás'' "Roman Emperor Justinian (I)"), unless they include an adjective, in which case this usually precedes the noun (e.g. ''Nikoláy 2. so ejesiyás iluhan russyás'' "Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia").<br/>Titles however regularly use possessives or other determinatives (e.g. ''Syáhpúr barté minso'' "my brother Syáhpúr"). | Titles (adpositions) follow the proper names they refer to and are not used with any article (e.g. ''Iyústinyanos iluhan rómeyás'' "Roman Emperor Justinian (I)"), unless they include an adjective not part of the title itself, in which case this usually precedes the noun (e.g. ''Nikoláy 2. so ejesiyás iluhan russyás'' "Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia").<br/>Titles however regularly use possessives or other determinatives (e.g. ''Syáhpúr barté minso'' "my brother Syáhpúr"). | ||
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