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==== Articles ==== | ==== Articles ==== | ||
There are two main articles in Azkali that are used - being the definite and indefinite articles respectively. The indefinite article is usually not marked, and is treated as the default article. If clarification is needed, a particle '''than''' is inserted. The definite article is marked via a circumfix '''a- (...) -(n)a'''. [[Baphian language|Baphian]] marks definiteness via a suffix -na, which is almost certainly believed to be derived from the Azkali definite article. | There are two main articles in Azkali that are used - being the definite and indefinite articles respectively. The indefinite article is usually not marked, and is treated as the default article. If clarification is needed, a particle '''than''' is inserted. The definite article is marked via a circumfix '''a- (...) -(n)a'''. [[Baphian language|Baphian]] marks definiteness via a suffix -na, which is almost certainly believed to be derived from the Azkali definite article. | ||
For living nouns, the definite article is changed depending on the sex of the noun it is modifying. This does not fully imply a grammatical gender system, as no other grammatical feature (save pronouns) are gendered in this way. | |||
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!Male | |||
!Female | |||
!Epicene | |||
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|'''a'''(...)'''(k)o''' | |||
|'''a'''(...)'''(n)e''' | |||
|'''a'''(...)'''(n)a''' | |||
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== Verbs == | == Verbs == | ||