Neo-Quenya/Article

Neo-Quenya only has a definite article i and it is unchangeable.

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, but this is treated in the page on Pronouns.

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