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Pirdänë: Demonstratives and articles:

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 23, 2001, 21:47
This post will introduce demonstratives and the articles of Pirdänë.

 1) Definite Form: Rather than possessing a seperate definite article, the noun
itself is changed by means of a prefix. The prefix is sã-. This prefix is
followed by a number of changes in the form of the noun.
    a) The /a~/ is absorbed by front vowels:
       sã- + öm &#8220;river&#8221; >  söm &#8220;the river&#8221;
       sã- + ä&#353; &#8220;deer&#8221; > sä&#353; &#8220;the deer&#8221;
    b) The following consonants &#8220;mutate&#8221;
      dh > n      v > m      t > d
      d > n        f > v     k > g
      g > ng      gy > ñ     h > m
    c) back vowels are absorbed and the mutation occurs inside the word
      sã- + adhuk &#8220;corpse&#8221;  >  sãnuk &#8220;the corpse&#8221;
      sã- + aut &#8220;letter&#8221; > sãud &#8220;the letter"
  etc.

2) Indefinite:
 Pirdänë doesn't possess an indefinite article, but occasionally, the word
ein "one" is used to highlight the noun in a similar manner. This is completely
unnecessary tho, and is used rarely.

3) Demonstratives:

   this:   &#353;co
   that:   &#353;îd
   that (far away): &#353;îdõ&#353;


Tell me what you think..

   Elliott