4.2. Particular, specific article: cə ____
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.’ |