How to use the indefinite article in Ewe

How to use the indefinite article in Ewe

You want to learn how to use the indefinite article in Ewe? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Ewe lessons complete with useful examples. An apple, a house, a book... we explain it all to you in short, easy to follow lessons.

The Ewe indefinite article

The indefinite article is what we call the words 'a' and 'an' in English. The English indefinite article 'a' does not exist in Ewe. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

nya
a word
ame
a person
kɔsiɖa
a week
seƒoƒo
a flower
zikpui
a chair
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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Ewe

The indefinite article is what we call the word a in English. The indefinite article is used with nouns in English (a book, a chair, a door etc.). To get started in Ewe, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns agbalẽ, zikpui and υɔtru (book, chair, door). Once you have learned these nouns, you can then learn how to use each noun with the indefinite article. This is easy in Ewe, because in Ewe, there is no indefinite article. So the word agbalẽ can mean book or a book, the word zikpui can mean chair or a chair and the word υɔtru can mean door or a door. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the indefinite article in Ewe including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Ewe nouns agbalẽ, zikpui and υɔtru, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Ewe).

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