The Article
For the meanings and uses of the article, →30. The article is invariant for case, number or gender, and only changes to suit the phonetic environment. The forms are as follows:
| comment | |
|---|---|
| i | before a consonant |
| j | before an open vowel |
| ij | before e |
| in | before e, i |
| ’n | after -e, -i, -ie |
- ⸱Indis i·Ciryamo — syllabic i between two consonants;
- ⸱auta i·lómë — syllabic i after a vowel and before a consonant;
- ⸱sac' i·fende — syllabic i after ë and before a consonant;
- ⸱ lírinen ómo j·aire táríva — asyllabic j between two open vowels;
- ⸱yassen tintilar ij·eleni — epenthetic j before e;
- ⸱coimas in Eldaron — epenthetic n before e;
- utúlie 'n·aure — epenthetic ‘n after ie.
The forms of the article are prepositive (→ @@). For the purpose of accentuation they count as proclitics (→2).