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 ====Determiners====
-There are three types of determiners in Peshpeg.  The language has a definite article that refers not only to specific or highly referential nouns, but they may also serve to refer to an abstract class e.g. ''gal<u>gda</u>'' "the (class of animals known as) horse".  The definite article is also used to nominalize verbs, e.g. ''lozha'' < ''loz-<u>sha</u>'' "singing".  The definite article has different forms which must agree in number and gender with their noun heads; however, it does not mark for case.  The forms for the definite article are as follows
+There are three types of determiners in Peshpeg.  The language has a definite article that refers not only to specific or highly referential nouns, but they may also serve to refer to an abstract class e.g. ''gal<u>gda</u>'' "the (class of animals known as) horse".  The definite article is also used to nominalize verbs, e.g. ''lozha'' < ''loz-<u>sha</u>'' "singing".  The definite article has different forms which must agree in number and gender with their noun heads; however, it does not mark for case.  The forms for the definite article are as follows:
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 !  Neuter I
 |  style="text-align:center"|  -n-
-|  style="text-align:center"|-nda-
+|  style="text-align:center"|-vda-
 |-
 ! Feminine<br/>Neuter II<br/>Collective
 |colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|-sh-
 |}
+<br/>
+The definite article suffixes directly to the noun root before case markers are applied.
+{{Gloss
+| phrase = galvdanda
+| IPA = /gav'dandʌ/
+| morphemes = gal-vda-nda
+| gloss = horse-DEF.MP-COM
+| translation = with the horses
+}}
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