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===Partitive article===

<!-- This section is linked from the redirect "Partitive article". If the section title changes, please update the redirect accordingly. -->A '''partitive''' article is a type of article, sometimes viewed as a type of indefinite article, used with a [[mass noun]] such as ''water'', to indicate a non-specific quantity of it. Partitive articles are a class of [[determiner]]; they are used in [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] in addition to definite and indefinite articles. (In [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Estonian language|Estonian]], the partitive is indicated by inflection.) The nearest equivalent in English is ''some'', although it is classified as a [[determiner]], and English uses it less than French uses {{lang|fr|de}}. 
: French: {{lang|fr|Veux-tu '''du''' café ?}}
: ''Do you want ('''some''') coffee?''

:For more information, see the article on [[French articles and determiners#Partitive article|the French partitive article]].

[[Haida language|Haida]] has a partitive article (suffixed {{lang|hai|-gyaa}}) referring to "part of something or... to one or more objects of a given group or category," e.g., {{lang|hai|tluugyaa uu hal tlaahlaang}} "he is making a boat (a member of the category of boats)."<ref>{{cite book|last=Lawrence|first=Erma|year=1977|title=Haida dictionary|location=Fairbanks|publisher=Alaska Native Language Center|page=64|url=http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/recordDetails.jsp?ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED162532&searchtype=keyword&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&accno=ED162532&_nfls=false}}</ref>