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=====''Definiteness''===== | =====''Definiteness''===== | ||
There are definite and indefinite articles, agreeing in gender and number with the nouns they modify. | There are definite and indefinite articles, agreeing in gender and number with the nouns they modify. They undergo morphophonological changes depending on whether the noun they modify begins with a vowel or with a consonant. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Number | ||
! Gender | |||
! Definite + consonant | |||
! Definite + vowel | |||
! Indefinite + consonant | |||
! Indefinite + vowel | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | ! rowspan=2 | Singular | ||
!'''Masculine''' | |||
| ê / ä [ɛ]|| êl / äl [ɛl]|| one / one [one]|| on / on [on] | |||
|- | |- | ||
!'''Feminine''' | |||
| la / la [la] || la' / l', la' [l] || ona / ona [ona] || ona' / on', ona' [on] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | ! rowspan=3 | Plural | ||
!'''Masculine''' | |||
| rowspan=3 | lecͪ / le, les' [le] || rowspan=3 | lec / les [les] || onecͪ / one, one' [one] || onec / ones [ones] | |||
|- | |- | ||
!'''Feminine''' | |||
| onacͪ / ona', onas' [ona] || onac / onas [onas] | |||
|- | |||
!'''Neutral''' | |||
| dalecͪ / dale', dales' [dale] || dalec / dales [dales] | |||
|} | |} | ||
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