Relative articles

This is a relatively complicated part of the Badwe'e grammar, so we are adding it to the second volume of the transition primer.

There are 2 series of relative articles in Badwe'e, one series when the article is in phrase-final position and another series when it is in phrase medial position. There are four words that we've noticed which move the article to the phrase medial position:

1. The interjection

2. The word "thus" or "then the following would be true"

3. The conditional "if"

4. The interrogative "is it true?"

Examples would help. Here is one:

In phrase final position, the article harmonizes with the preceding vowel. If the preceding letter is a consonant, the article is a barred "i".