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The article in Teonaht, once a marker for gender, now solely marks case, and, by its positioning, definiteness or indefiniteness. The true indefinite is without marking: generalized singulars (''tah uaflas,'' a bird will fly), the predicate in a copula construction (''hdand li zef,'' a doctor the man is). The marked indefinite uses a special article developed from the word for "one," and means "a certain" or a "single" one which has not yet risen to the status of definiteness. | The article in Teonaht, once a marker for gender, now solely marks case, and, by its positioning, definiteness or indefiniteness. The true indefinite is without marking: generalized singulars (''tah uaflas,'' a bird will fly), the predicate in a copula construction (''hdand li zef,'' a doctor the man is). The marked indefinite uses a special article developed from the word for "one," and means "a certain" or a "single" one which has not yet risen to the status of definiteness. | ||
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! colspan="2" |'''DEFINITE:''' | ! colspan="2" |'''DEFINITE:''' | ||
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! colspan="2" |'''INDEFINITE:''' | ! colspan="2" |'''INDEFINITE:''' | ||
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