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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
The definite article is ''an''-L for singular nouns and ''na''-E for plural nouns. Colloquial Bhadhagha may drop the definite article in the singular (leaving behind just the lenition), and also in the plural (leaving behind the eclipsis) if the initial C of the noun is "eclipsable" (i.e. is one of ''∅, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s''). | The definite article is ''an''-L for singular nouns and ''na''-E for plural nouns. Colloquial Bhadhagha may drop the definite article in the singular (leaving behind just the lenition), and also in the plural (leaving behind the eclipsis) if the initial C of the noun is "eclipsable" (i.e. is one of ''∅, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s''). | ||
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Prepositions inflect the same way as in Tíogall. ''ri'' however uses the inflected forms of ''le'' (to): my = ''ri lion'', your = ''ri leis'', ... Casual Bhadhagha developed a new inflectional paradigm for ''ri'': ''rìon, rìs, riù, rì, rè, rìom, rìod, rìoc, rìor''. | Prepositions inflect the same way as in Tíogall. ''ri'' however uses the inflected forms of ''le'' (to): my = ''ri lion'', your = ''ri leis'', ... Casual Bhadhagha developed a new inflectional paradigm for ''ri'': ''rìon, rìs, riù, rì, rè, rìom, rìod, rìoc, rìor''. | ||
===Adjectives=== | |||
Bhadhagha has definiteness agreement. In formal Bhadhagha, adjectives are preceded by a definite article if the noun is definite. In colloquial Bhadhagha, the definite article is dropped, and adjectives just agree in mutation with the noun. For example, "the black cat" is expressed as follows: | |||
*Formal: ''an h-eafhad an fhlugh'' | |||
*Colloquial: ''h-eafhad fhlugh'' | |||
===Copula=== | ===Copula=== | ||