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===Article===
===Article===


The equivalent of the definite article in Tei is a classifier (as in Hmong), but it's placed after the noun and carries the case marker. The noun before a classifier is prescriptively in the genitive case, but in modern times both spoken and written Tei do not use the genitive.  
The equivalent of the definite article in Tei is a classifier (as in Hmong), but it's placed after the noun and carries the case marker. The noun before a classifier is prescriptively in the genitive case, but it's often dropped.


* ''Nßäht koþem'' 'of the tree'
* ''Nßäht koþem'' 'of the tree'
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