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Re: [ceqli] Re: definite & indefinite articles



> Welcome, Garrett! Thanks for the examples -- I'll let Rex address 
> the various meanings of 'the' and 'a'. But I did want to mention 
> that the indefinite article is not implicit: it's "te". 
> 
> ---Larry 
>    "Krawn"

not according to these examples in the grammar:

To xyen bi di.	The dog is an animal.
To xyen bi to di.	 The dog is the animal.

Go ga.  I am big.
Go bi jin. 	I am a person.

--
Garrett Jones
http://www.alkaline.org