▁the ▁four ▁combinations ▁of ▁singular ▁and ▁pl ural ▁number ▁and ▁mascul ine ▁and ▁femin ine ▁gender . ▁Like ▁other ▁ad ject ives , ▁demonstr ative ▁ad ject ives ▁preced e ▁the ▁n oun , ▁but ▁they ▁are ▁often ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁second ▁copy ▁or ▁slightly ▁modified ▁form ▁that ▁follows ▁the ▁n oun . ▁The ▁v owel ▁beginning ▁the ▁form ▁following ▁the ▁n oun ▁is ▁often ▁dropped ▁and ▁in ▁writing ▁may ▁then ▁be ▁represented ▁by ▁an ▁apost rop he : ▁ <0xE1> <0x8A> <0xA5> <0xE1> <0x8B> <0x9A> ▁ <0xE1> <0x88> <0xB0> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xA5> ' <0xE1> <0x8B> <0x9A> ▁ <0xC7> <0x9D> zi ▁s ä b zi ▁' this ▁man '. ▁ ▁Articles ▁Like ▁other ▁Sem it ic ▁languages , ▁T igr in ya ▁has ▁no ▁in defin ite ▁article ▁( English ▁a ), ▁but ▁has ▁a ▁definite ▁article ▁( English ▁the ). ▁ ▁In ▁T igr in ya , ▁as ▁in ▁Tig re , ▁but ▁unlike ▁in ▁the ▁Southern ▁Eth iop ian ▁Sem it ic ▁languages ▁such ▁as ▁Am har ic , ▁this ▁takes ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁word ▁that ▁appears ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁n oun ▁phrase . ▁ ▁The ▁definite ▁article ▁is ▁derived ▁from , ▁and ▁almost ▁identical ▁to , ▁the ▁dist al ▁demonstr ative ▁ad jective ▁( English ▁' that '), ▁as ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁table ▁below . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁definite ▁article ▁is ▁preced ed ▁by ▁the ▁accus ative ▁marker / pre position ▁ <0xE1> <0x8A> <0x95> ▁n <0xC7> <0x9D> ▁or ▁the ▁pre position ▁ <0xE1> <0x89>