Difference between revisions of "A (disambiguation)"

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*The feminine common case [[article]] a<sup>L</sup> [[a (Article)]]
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*The feminine common case [[article]] a<sup>L</sup> [[A (article)]]
*The particle found in [[Wh-question (definition)|wh-questions]] and [[Relative Clause (defiinition)|relative clauses]]: [[a (Wh-particle)]]
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*The particle found in [[Wh-question (definition)|wh-questions]] and [[Relative Clause (defiinition)|relative clauses]]: [[A (wh-particle)]]
 
*a (Feminine Possessive Pronoun)
 
*a (Feminine Possessive Pronoun)
 
*a<sup>L</sup>(Transitive particle)
 
*a<sup>L</sup>(Transitive particle)
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*''a'' a reduced form of the preposition do 'to'/'of' [[Do (preposition)]]
 
*''a'' a reduced form of the preposition do 'to'/'of' [[Do (preposition)]]
 
*The preposition à/às meaning "out of" [[Às (preposition)]]
 
*The preposition à/às meaning "out of" [[Às (preposition)]]
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**'a' can mean (among other things):**
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===Pronominal usages===
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- 'his' ([[third]] [[person]] [[masculine]] [[posspron possessive pronoun]], when it [[lenition lenites]] the following noun) (a""<sup>L"")
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- 'her' ([[third]] [[person]] [[feminine]] [[posspron possessive pronoun]], when it does not [[lenition lenites]]])  (a)
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===Prepositional usages===
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- 'from' (reduced form of the [[preposition]]  [[as às]], usually with the accent à)
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- 'to' (reduced form of the [[preposition]]  [[do]])
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===Functional usages===
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- 'the'  (when spelled with a following apostrophe a' and before a noun exhibiting [[lenition]], this can be the [[feminine]] [[commoncase common case]] [[definite]] [[determiner]])
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- 'the' (when spelled with a following apostrophe (a') and before a noun exhibiting [[lenition]], this can be the [[masculine]], [[genitive]] [[definite]] [[determiner]])
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- transitive marker in [[non-finite non-finite clauses]], when there is an [[InvertedNominal Inverted Nominal]]
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- [[direct]] [[wh]] [[complementizer]]
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- progressive aspect marker (when before a [[verbalnoun verbal noun]], and marked with an apostrophe. This is a reduced form of the progressive marker <ag> e.g.  ''Tha e a' dol'')
  
 
[[Category: Lexical Item]]
 
[[Category: Lexical Item]]
 
[[Category: Disambiguation]]
 
[[Category: Disambiguation]]

Revision as of 10:25, 13 May 2009

    • 'a' can mean (among other things):**

Pronominal usages

- 'his' (third person masculine posspron possessive pronoun, when it lenition lenites the following noun) (a""L"") - 'her' (third person feminine posspron possessive pronoun, when it does not lenition lenites]) (a)

Prepositional usages

- 'from' (reduced form of the preposition as às, usually with the accent à) - 'to' (reduced form of the preposition do)

Functional usages

- 'the' (when spelled with a following apostrophe a' and before a noun exhibiting lenition, this can be the feminine commoncase common case definite determiner) - 'the' (when spelled with a following apostrophe (a') and before a noun exhibiting lenition, this can be the masculine, genitive definite determiner) - transitive marker in non-finite non-finite clauses, when there is an InvertedNominal Inverted Nominal - direct wh complementizer - progressive aspect marker (when before a verbalnoun verbal noun, and marked with an apostrophe. This is a reduced form of the progressive marker <ag> e.g. Tha e a' dol)