Datapoint Palenquero/Indefinite articles

Un marks indefiniteness in the singular as well as plural (cf. un kasa, un ma kasa). Note that the feminine "Spanish counterpart" una is never used to mark indefiniteness (since gender is not expressed in Palenquero articles). Note, however, that as argued in Schwegler (2007), although common, articles in Palenquero are not obligatory (this includes un).

Values

Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’

Example 48-6:
un buen lato
un
art.indf.sg
buen
good
lato
while
a good while = for some time, for a while
Spanish: un buen rato
Example 48-12:
É un kusa muy impottante.
É
be
un
art.indf.sg
kusa
thing
muy
very
impottante.
important
It is a very important thing/matter.
Spanish: Es una cosa muy importante.

Source: Schwegler and Green 2007: 292,note 20

Example 48-14:
un ma kusa
un
indf.art
ma
pl
kusa
thing
some things
Spanish: unas cosas
Example 48-19:
¡Ele e un muhé!
¡Ele
3sg
e
be
un
art.indf.sg
muhé!
woman
She is a woman (rather than a man)!
Spanish: ¡Ella es una mujer!
Confidence:
Very certain