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Subject: Re: A question; articles in Aramaic - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 25-Jan-84 09:33:21 EST
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gummo!mmc    Jan 25 09:33:00 1984

Palestinian Aramaic does have a definite article (as does Hebrew), usually
indicated by a suffix to the noun (as opposed to the Hebrew prefix).
Verification for this can be found in the Targum literature (Targum = Aramaic
translation of the Hebrew scriptures), parts of which date to Hasmonean times
(1st century BCE).

The indefinite article is indicated by the absence of a definite article,
or by the use of the word for the number "one" as an article.

	Mark Chodrow (zeppo!mmc)