Quenya/Article

Neo-Quenya only has a definite article `B i. A word in the singular without article is translated with an indefinite article. `Vj$5 elen "a star";     `B `Vj$5 i elen "the star" `Vj$5% eleni "stars";     `B `Vj$5% i eleni "the stars" With the dual number the article is translated as "both": 9ÍCqE1 hyapat "a pair of shoes";     `B 9ÍCqE1 i hyapat "both shoes" The article isn't used with following words: Nouns that have a pronominal ending: aY`C5Ì# coanya "my house" Nouns in the partitive plural: `Cm#j% aldali "some trees" Nouns with a demonstrative pronoun: t#aTj iG5# macil sina "this sword" Proper names: `C5#6 Anar "the sun" Names of peoples: `Vm#6 Eldar "the Elves" (but note `B `Vm#6 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 `B i can also be used as a relative pronoun. More of its relative pronoun use can be read seen at ../Pronouns/. >> Neo-Quenya >> ../Article/