Difference between revisions of "Determiner (definition)"
From Scottish Gaelic Grammar Wiki
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Gaelic Determiners== | ==Gaelic Determiners== | ||
===[[Articles]]=== | ===[[Articles]]=== | ||
| − | *[[An (article]] /[[Am (article]] | + | *[[An (article)]] /[[Am (article)]] |
| − | *[[a' (article]] | + | *[[a' (article)]] |
Revision as of 19:02, 11 May 2009
Contents
General Information
In English, words like 'the' and 'a' are typical determiners. They are often used to describe some specific or non-specific instance of an item described by a noun. If a speaker utters the phrase "the man left" he or she typically has some particular man in mind and expects the hearer to know which man he or she is referring too. Articles is another typical name for determiner. quantifier, numerals, and deictic determiners are often classed as special kinds of determiners.
Gaelic Determiners
Articles
Deictics
- an X seo 'this X'
- an X sin 'that X'
- an X siud/'ud 'yonder X'
Quantifiers
- gach 'each'
- a h-uile 'every'
- a' chuid nas motha dhe 'most of'
- nas lugha 'less'/'fewer'
- nas bige 'less'/'fewer'
Numerals
(when used without a determiner)
Possessive pronouns
- mo
- doL
- aL
- a
- arN
- urN
- an/amN
