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There are two separate systems of determiners in Arden, each featuring a basic binary opposition: sightability (referent in sight vs. referent not in sight) and reachability (referent in reach vs. referent unreachable).
The four determiners are:
| Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sightability | In sight | essin | esse |
| Not in sight | iren | ire | |
| Reachability | In reach | cíl | cí |
| Out of reach | més | mé | |
Sightability can be also expressed through affixes which can be optionally attached to the reachability determiners. (The shape of these affixes is at study; it could be linked to the shape of the stand-alone sightability determiners)
Speakers are free to choose which dimensions they want to convey: sightability, reachability or both.
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