Farsi indefinite determiners

Farsi marks an indefinite noun phrase with the numeral yek 'one', ye in the informal register, with the enclitic -i on the noun, or with both, which Alonso-Ovalle and Moghiseh call yek-i DPs. Mirrazi's examples alternate ye with the plural čand-ta 'some', the quantity word čand with the classifier -ta. Forms are romanized, with the Persian spelling in the docstrings.

Main definitions

• Farsi.Determiners.yek, Farsi.Determiners.ye, Farsi.Determiners.i, Farsi.Determiners.candTa: the indefinite determiners.

References

• [AOM25a]
• [Mir24]

def Farsi.Determiners.yek : Article

yek یک 'one' marks an indefinite.

Equations

• Farsi.Determiners.yek = { form := "yek", definiteness := Reference.Definiteness.indefinite, exponent := Determiner.Exponent.dedicatedMorpheme }

def Farsi.Determiners.ye : Article

ye یه is the informal form of yek.

Equations

• Farsi.Determiners.ye = { form := "ye", definiteness := Reference.Definiteness.indefinite, exponent := Determiner.Exponent.dedicatedMorpheme }

def Farsi.Determiners.i : Article

The enclitic -i ـی marks an indefinite on the noun.

Equations

• Farsi.Determiners.i = { form := "-i", definiteness := Reference.Definiteness.indefinite, exponent := Determiner.Exponent.dedicatedMorpheme }

def Farsi.Determiners.candTa : Article

čand-ta چندتا 'some', the quantity word čand with the classifier -ta, marks a plural indefinite.

Equations

• Farsi.Determiners.candTa = { form := "čand-ta", definiteness := Reference.Definiteness.indefinite, exponent := Determiner.Exponent.numeralClassifier }