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===Determiners=== | ===Determiners=== | ||
There are three types of determiners in Peshpeg that occur either as suffixes, such as the definite and demonstrative suffixes, or as independent | There are three types of determiners in Peshpeg that occur either as suffixes, such as the definite and demonstrative suffixes, or as independent | ||
words that precede their noun heads, to which they are joined with the linker ''mon'', e.g. ''Golahách mon nodorzhi'' "the Ín Duári | words that precede their noun heads, to which they are joined with the linker ''mon'', e.g. ''Vadzini mon Golahách mon nodorzhi'' "several of the Ín Duári slaves". | ||
The language has a definite marker that refers not only to specific or highly referential nouns, but it may also serve to refer to an abstract class e.g. ''gazhda'' < ''*gal-gda</u>'' "the (class of animals known as) horse". The definite marker is also used to nominalize verbs, e.g. ''lozha'' < ''loz-<u>sha</u>'' "singing". The definite marker, which occurs as a suffix, has different forms that agree in number and gender with their noun heads; however, it does not mark for case. The forms for the definite marker are as follows: | The language has a definite marker that refers not only to specific or highly referential nouns, but it may also serve to refer to an abstract class e.g. ''gazhda'' < ''*gal-gda</u>'' "the (class of animals known as) horse". The definite marker is also used to nominalize verbs, e.g. ''lozha'' < ''loz-<u>sha</u>'' "singing". The definite marker, which occurs as a suffix, has different forms that agree in number and gender with their noun heads; however, it does not mark for case. The forms for the definite marker are as follows: | ||