Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

bac does without articles, but certainly marks
presence/lack of definiteness.

so, from |sibar|, star we get :

|sibar| /sIba4/ star, a star
|snibar| |zIba4/ the star

when the noun is in the oblique case the mutation
shifts down a step :

|shibar| /hIba4/ \star, \a star
|sibar| /sIba4/ \the star

i'm still not entirely decided whether the marking of
definiteness is idiomatically necessary ( in which
case it'll probably apply to abstracts and possibly
proper nouns ) or optional. the second would be more
in keeping with the way bac deals with tense (
narrative prose usually uses forms of the verb which
aren't marked for tense ), but i've yet to decide

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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