Definite: definiteness or state
Definite
Definiteness is typically a feature of nouns, adjectives and articles. Its value distinguishes whether we are talking about something known and concrete, or something general or unknown. It can be marked on definite and indefinite articles, or directly on nouns, adjectives etc.
The Pomak definite article gives only enclitic forms; as an affix of the word on which
it depends syntactically, it forms a single morphological unit with it. Definiteness is realised with three different forms
(-s/-t/-n) depending on the Deixis denoted(see ).
In an NP, the enclitic attaches to either the noun or the first adjective (if adjectives exist). —please provide two or three examples and a detailed description of the examples–> e.g. kámatnyjen červén trendráfel je zøl da véne “the nice red roses are wilting”.
The Pomak adjective adín / anná / annó “a” is used as the indefinite article and is assigned the tag DET. However, lack of an article is also understood as indefiniteness.
Ind: indefinite
Examples
- srǿšnah annó déte na pótene “I came across a child in the street”
- srǿšnah déte na pótene “I came across a child in the street”
Def: definite
Examples
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srǿšnah déteso na pótene da igró_ “I met the boy (who now is close to me or equally close to me and to the addressee)in the street and he was playing”
- srǿšnah déteto na pótene da igró_ “I met the boy (who now is close to the addressee)in the street and he was playing”
- srǿšnah déteno na pótene da igró_ “I met the boy (who now is away from both the speaker and the addressee) in the street and he was playing”
Definite in other languages: [bej] [bg] [el] [en] [es] [fr] [ga] [hu] [hy] [it] [ky] [myv] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [sga] [sl] [sv] [tr] [u] [urj] [xcl]