Dalecarlian articles
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The article can be indefinite or definite.
The Indefinite Article
The indefinite article is:
Masculine: ein sið - 'a custom'
Feminine: eiñ sild - 'a herring'
Neuter: eit sigl - 'a sail'
Ein is declined this way:
'a/an' Masc Fem Neut Nom ein eiñ eit Acc ein eina eit Dat einum einnera einu
i.e., like the cardinal number ein.<p>
The Definite Article
The definite article is:
Masculine: siðin - 'the custom'
Feminine: sildiñ - 'the herring'
Neuter: siglið - 'the sail'
Note that the definite article is put at the end of the noun as a grammatical ending. <p> in is declined this way:
Sing Masc Fem Neut Nom in iñ ið Acc in iña [I~] ið Dat iñum [Im] ini [I'ne] iñu [I~] Gen iñumis [I'mes] inis is Plur Nom iñer [Ir] iñer [Ir] iñ Acc iña [I~] iñer [Ir] iñ Dat iñ iñ iñ Gen is is is
Note 1: If the noun in the indefinite form ends with a vowel, the initial i-vowel
of the definite article is dropped. Examples: rakka+iñum = rakkañum (dat. 'the dog').
Note 2: If the noun has the plural ending -(n)er, the (n)er part becomes (n)a and the initial i-vowel of the definite article is dropped.
Example: kaller+iñer = kallañer (nom. 'the men'), skóner+iñer = skónañer (nom. 'the shoes').
Note 3: Note that the indefinite article ein and the definite article in are basically declined in the same way in the Sg Nom/Acc/Dat cases. This is of course not a coincidence. In Old Dalecarlian, the Sg Fem Dat were the same as well (indefinite article einni and definite article inni).
