Quenya/Article

Neo-Quenya only has a definite article i.

A word in the singular without article is translated with an indefinite article.


 * elen "a star";     i elen "the star"
 * eleni "stars";     i eleni "the stars"

With the dual number the article is translated as "both":
 * hyapat "a pair of shoes";     i hyapat "both shoes"

The article isn't used with following words:

Nouns that have a pronominal ending:
 * coanya "my house"

Nouns in the partitive plural:
 * aldali "some trees"

Nouns with a demonstrative pronoun:
 * macil sina "this sword"

Proper names:
 * Anar "the sun"

Names of peoples:
 * Eldar "the Elves" (but note i eldar is possible when referring to a particular group of elves)

When a noun is accompanied by a noun in the genitive case or in the possessive case (or both),

it normally shouldn't get the article (for examples see ../Genitive/ or ../Possessive/)

The article i can also be used as a relative pronoun. More of its relative pronoun use can be read seen at ../Pronouns/.

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