Editing Gilbertese language (section)

=== Articles ===
There are two articles used in Gilbertese:
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!Singular
!Plural
|-
|te
|taian
|}

Neither of them implies definiteness, therefore both can be translated as "a(n)" and "the".

When preceding collective nouns or names of substances, "''{{Lang|gil|te}}''" can be translated as "some." A limited set of nouns, typically referring to unique entities, dispense with ''{{Lang|gil|te}}''. This includes words like ''{{Lang|gil|taai}}'' ''“''sun”, ''{{Lang|gil|karawa}}'' “sky”, ''{{Lang|gil|taari/marawa}}'' “sea”, among others. Interestingly, ''{{Lang|gil|Te Atua}}'', “God”, is an exception. The article ''{{Lang|gil|te}}'' also acts as a [[Nominalization|nominalizer]], transforming adjectives into nouns. While ''{{Lang|gil|te}}'' marks singular nouns, the language possesses a plural article ''{{Lang|gil|taian}}''. However, its use is restricted to countable nouns inherently implying plurality. Collective nouns typically don't take ''{{Lang|gil|taian}}''. In certain situations, when plurality is evident from surrounding words, ''{{Lang|gil|taian}}'' can be omitted.

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|+Personal articles
!
!Masculine
!Feminine
|-
!Personal article
|te (tem, ten, teng) — Na Nan Nang form could be used in [[Butaritari]] and [[Makin (atoll)|Makin]]
|nei
|}

The personal articles are used before personal names. The masculine form is '<nowiki/>''{{Lang|gil|te}}''<nowiki/>' before names beginning with <i, u, w, b', ng>, '<nowiki/>''{{Lang|gil|tem}}''<nowiki/>' before <b, m>, '<nowiki/>''{{Lang|gil|ten}}''<nowiki/>' before <a, e, o, n, r, t> and '''{{Lang|gil|teng}}''<nowiki/>' before <k, (ng)>.