scott wrote:
> I've been looking at the Leipzig glossing rules at
>
http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/files/morpheme.html
> and have a couple of questions.
>
> My language has 3 genders, which is basically indicated
> by 3 articles: asem, ipen, ümen. These articles are the definite
> article. The indefinite article is created by adding the suffix -a.
>
> ümen-a hafal
> a-INDF horse
> 'a horse'
>
> Is the gloss for 'the horse' (ümen hafal)
> the horse
> or the-DEF horse
> or something else ?
>
I'd go with
ART.DEF.NEUT(?) horse
>
> Also, when writing the gloss do you indicate gender (which in
> my case is a mix of formal vs. informal, and sentient vs.
> non-sentient)? Or would this only be the case if you were
> using an affix to indicate gender instead of a wholly different
> and separate word?
>
See above.