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 Some other words have functions similar to articles. As nouns are considered plural by default, singular nouns are often preceded by the word "//ash//" (lit. "one") which is treated sometimes as //indefinite article//. Demonstrative pronouns are frequently used as [[clitics]] thus resembling //definite articles//, but usually only //za// (lit. "this") is translated as article "the". Some other words have functions similar to articles. As nouns are considered plural by default, singular nouns are often preceded by the word "//ash//" (lit. "one") which is treated sometimes as //indefinite article//. Demonstrative pronouns are frequently used as [[clitics]] thus resembling //definite articles//, but usually only //za// (lit. "this") is translated as article "the".
  
-Any of aforementioned substitutes for articles may be used to distinguish nouns from other lexical categories with same stem when [[zero-derivation]] is used. For example: "Blûg blûg__um__" (= "Grind __the__ grain!") to clarify that second "blûg" is noun with an article. +Any of aforementioned substitutes for articles may be used to distinguish nouns from other lexical categories with same stem when [[zero-derivation]] is used. For example: "Blûz blûz__um__" (= "Grind __the__ grain!") to clarify that second "blûz" is noun with an article. 
  
 +Nûrlâm does not have any rules requiring articles with certain words (like some geographical names in English).
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 ==== Collective nouns ==== ==== Collective nouns ====
-Some noun may refer a group of objects or persons ("barth" = "grass") +Some noun may refer a group of objects or persons ("barth" = "grass"). 
  
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grammar_noun.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/18 11:39 by morgoth
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