How to use the indefinite article in Mandinka

How to use the indefinite article in Mandinka

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

The Mandinka 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 Mandinka. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

wulō
a dog
ñankumō
a cat
sīraŋo
a chair
sātē
a city
a horse
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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Mandinka

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 Mandinka, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns kitābō, sīraŋo and tawundaŋo (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 Mandinka, because in Mandinka, there is no indefinite article. So the word kitābō can mean book or a book, the word sīraŋo can mean chair or a chair and the word tawundaŋo 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 Mandinka including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Mandinka nouns kitābō, sīraŋo and tawundaŋo, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Mandinka).

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