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• 1 2018-07-21T22:44:05-07:00 4.2. Particular, specific article: cə ____ 17 plain 2021-07-16T04:37:56-07:00  

  hiyáʔ cə húʔpt.                   ‘The deer goes’ or ‘That deer goes.’

  hiyáʔ yaʔ cə húʔpt.             ‘The/That deer went.’

  hiyáʔ caʔ cə húʔpt.             ‘The/That deer will go.’

  hiyáʔ u yaʔ cə húʔpt.           ‘Did the/that deer go?’

  ƛ̓kʷə́t cn cə húʔpt.              ‘I take the/that deer.’         

  
  ► 1  The article cə is the most common and most useful article in Klallam. It is usually translated as ‘the’ or ‘that.’
  ► 2  The article cə is frequently pronounced c or t or tə.
  ► 3  Note that, as always, the verb in Klallam comes first. Where in English we say ‘the deer goes,’ the Klallam is ‘goes the deer’ when translated word for word.
  ► 4  Note that the noun phrase is the subject with an intransitive verb such as hiyáʔ but is the direct object with a transitive verb such as ƛ̓kʷə́t.
  ► 5  The articles are never stressed.
  

  	ʔuʔə́y̓ u cxʷ.	‘Are you well?’
  	ʔuʔə́y̓ cn.	‘I’m fine.’
  	ƛ̓kʷə́t u cxʷ cə qʷúʔ.	‘Did you take the water?
  	ʔáwə. ƛ̓kʷə́t yaʔ cn cə tálə.	‘No. I took the money.’