Central Kurdish and English/Contrastive Grammar
From LING073
ckb-eng
Definiteness Marker
In Sorani Kurdish, definiteness is marked by a suffix at the end of a noun instead of a separate determiner.
({{{ckb}}}) {{{سەگێک}}} → ({{{eng}}}) {{{a dog}}}
- (ckb) سەگێک → (eng) a dog
- (ckb) سەگەکە → (eng) the dog