How to use the indefinite article in Mi'kmaq

How to use the indefinite article in Mi'kmaq

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

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

Examples

ka’qan
a door
wasuek
a flower
ji'nm
a man
wenji’kuom
a house
npo’qn
a bed
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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Mi'kmaq

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 Mi'kmaq, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns wi’katikn, kutputi and ka’qan (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 Mi'kmaq, because in Mi'kmaq, there is no indefinite article. So the word wi’katikn can mean book or a book, the word kutputi can mean chair or a chair and the word ka’qan 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 Mi'kmaq including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Mi'kmaq nouns wi’katikn, kutputi and ka’qan, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Mi'kmaq).

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