Central Kurdish and English/Contrastive Grammar
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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) پیاوەکە → (eng) the man
- (miq) yang<prn><p1> wîna<n> kalila<n> piras<v><p1><neg> → (eng) I<prn><p1> eat<vblex><p1><pres> meat<n> and<cnjcoo> chicken<n>