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*(Ab) rato = a rake | *(Ab) rato = a rake | ||
*ay rato = rakes | *ay rato = rakes | ||
*Kaye = a notebook | *Kaye = a notebook | ||
*ay kaye = notebooks | *ay kaye = notebooks | ||
*(Ab) xale = a kid | *(Ab) xale = a kid | ||
*ay xale = kids | *ay xale = kids | ||
Other lessons: [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Plural-Nouns-—-Definite-articles|Plural Nouns > Definite]] | [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Plural-Nouns-—-Indefinite-article|Plural Nouns > Indefinite]] | |||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf | http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf | ||
==Other Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Gender|Gender]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Questions|Questions]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Pronouns-and-How-to-ask-questions|Pronouns and How to ask questions]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Conditional-Mood|Conditional Mood]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Enonciative-pronouns|Enonciative pronouns]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Negation|Negation]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/The-possessive-expressed-by-“U”|The possessive expressed by “U”]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Static-verbs|Static verbs]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Grammar/Conjugation|Conjugation]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:07, 27 March 2023
Plural Nouns > Indefinite articles
The indefinite article is a grammatical terminology that refers to the English article “a” before a noun in a singular form and the “s” at the end of a noun without being preceded by any article (kids). In Wolof, for the singular form either the noun is stated without any article (xale = a kid) or in some area mainly rural, a “ab” or “as” is put before the noun (ab xale = a kid). For the plural form, they all take an “ay” before the noun which has also the connotation of the English “some.”
Singular Plural[edit | edit source]
- (Ab) rato = a rake
- ay rato = rakes
- Kaye = a notebook
- ay kaye = notebooks
- (Ab) xale = a kid
- ay xale = kids
Other lessons: Plural Nouns > Definite | Plural Nouns > Indefinite
Source[edit | edit source]
http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Gender
- Questions
- Pronouns and How to ask questions
- Conditional Mood
- Enonciative pronouns
- Negation
- The possessive expressed by “U”
- Static verbs
- Conjugation