Re: definite/indefinite articles
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 8:27 |
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Sally Caves wrote:
> Some languages don't have articles at all.
Ivetsian has four sets of articles. As I haven't completely worked out
the sound changes that lead to it from Uatakassi, I'll refer to them by
their U. ancestors
Li: "Introductory" - introduces a new topic into the conversation, and
indicates that more will be said about it later
Vaa: (No name yet) - Refers to something that the other person has
mentioned, but that the speaker knows little about
Iu: Definite - Refers to a known object, roughly equivalent to the
definite in English
Funu: Review - Already mentioned in the conversation
There might also be an indefinite.
Li, Vaa, and Funu may be used with proper names.
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