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<tr><td>Gimmortik</td><td>ilínar-</td><td>e</td><td>terg</td><td>túra | <tr><td>Gimmortik</td><td>ilínar-</td><td>e</td><td>terg</td><td>túra-</td><td>da</td><td>bern-</td><td>e-</td><td>t</td><td>kassa</td><td>eldírik</td><td>nau=</td><td>da.</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>wise.person</td><td>reminisce-</td><td>{{sc|sg}}</td><td>{{sc|def}}</td><td>mother=</td><td>{{sc|3sg}}</td><td>make-</td><td>{{sc|sg-}}</td><td>{{sc|past}}</td><td>feast</td><td>formidable</td><td>for=</td><td>{{sc|3sg}}</td></tr> | <tr><td>wise.person</td><td>reminisce-</td><td>{{sc|sg}}</td><td>{{sc|def}}</td><td>mother=</td><td>{{sc|3sg}}</td><td>make-</td><td>{{sc|sg-}}</td><td>{{sc|past}}</td><td>feast</td><td>formidable</td><td>for=</td><td>{{sc|3sg}}</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td colspan=13>A wise person remembers when their mother cooked the best food for them.</td></tr> | <tr><td colspan=13>A wise person remembers when their mother cooked the best food for them.</td></tr> | ||
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* '''gissún''' ‘full of’ ← ''gis'' {{sc|prep}} ‘with’ + ''-ún'' (superlative suffix) | * '''gissún''' ‘full of’ ← ''gis'' {{sc|prep}} ‘with’ + ''-ún'' (superlative suffix) | ||
=== | ===The definite article=== | ||
The definite article ''terg'', obligatory in [[Saint Fádin|Fádin’s]] [[Liturgical Middle Olgish|Liturgical Olgish]], is used only sparingly in Middle Olgish, expressing a stronger sense of definiteness, and is in many instances subject to elision and cliticization, attaching either to the following noun or, more commonly, a preceding preposition. | The definite article ''terg'', obligatory in [[Saint Fádin|Fádin’s]] [[Liturgical Middle Olgish|Liturgical Olgish]], is used only sparingly in Middle Olgish, expressing a stronger sense of definiteness, and is in many instances subject to elision and cliticization, attaching either to the following noun or, more commonly, a preceding preposition. | ||
The above text contains only three definite articles, two serving a demonstrative function and one used in a possessive construction with a pronoun: | The above text contains only three definite articles, two serving a demonstrative function and one used in a possessive construction with a pronoun: | ||
*'''''duat’ hern'' ‘at home’''' | *'''''duat’ hern''''' ‘at home’ ← ''dua terg hern'' lit. ‘at the house’ <br /> | ||
This expression uses {{sc|def}} to refer to a specific ''hern'' ‘house’, implied to be the speaker’s home. The article is elided and cliticized, attaching to the preposition ''dua'' ‘in, at’. | |||
*'''''duat’ lárnur''''' ‘tonight’ ← ''dua terg lárnur'' lit. ‘in this evening’ <br /> | |||
Similarly, here {{sc|def}} is used to single out the ''lárnur'' ‘evening’ given as the hodiernal one. Again, ''terg'' is elided and attaches to ''dua''. | |||
*'''''terg túrada''''' ‘their ({{sc|sg}}) mother’ ← ''terg túra-da''<br /> | |||
The third example marked differs from the previous two. Here, instead of a bare noun, {{sc|def}} is associated with a possessive construction, and its presence is due to grammatical obligation rather than semantic nuance. Unlike in Liturgical Olgish, where pronouns functioning as possessors attach to the left of their possession, forming the equivalent of a right-headed possessive compound (so ''terg de-túnor'' ‘({{sc|def}}) your protection’), by the Middle Olgish period, possessively functioning pronouns attach to the right of the possessed noun; as in Liturgical Olgish, although the construction is (semantically) inherently definite, it is obligatorily preceded by the definite article. Uniquely in the text above, this instance of ''terg'' is not elided but realized in full. | |||
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