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Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

From:Muke Tever <mktvr@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 15:52
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
> Peter Bleackley scripsit: > > > Are there any languages that mark a definite/indefinite distinction by > > means other than articles? > > Arabic marks indefiniteness with an inflection; Persian marks definiteness > with an inflection. IIRC.
Hungarian apparently marks definiteness/indefiniteness of the object of a verb with a different verbal inflection. Látok egy madarat. "I see a bird." Látom a madarat. "I see the bird." (But it also has articles, as seen--<a(z)> definite and <egy> indef) *Muke! -- http://www.frath.net/

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