Nominal Structures of Uralic Languages

The definite article precedes unmarked pronominal possessors, non-inflecting demonstratives, quantifiers (except for mind 'all'), numerals, participial relatives and qualitative modifiers in general. The distribution of the indefinite article basically corresponds to that of numerals.

a	ti	ezen	sok-at	ismétel-t	három	érv-e-tek
the	you	this	many-ACC	repeat-PTCP	three	argument-POSS-2PL

’these three often repeated arguments of yours’

Source: Example provided by database editor (native speaker).

Dative-marked possessors precede the definite article.

Péter-nek	a	kalap-ja
Péter-DAT	the	hat-POSS

’Peter's hat’

Source: Szabolcsi & Laczkó 1992: 189. Glosses and translation added by database editor (native speaker).

The quantifier mind 'all' always precedes the definite article. Note that it can only modify definite noun phrases that contain a numeral (or else, it forms a sereies of compund demonstrative, such as mind-ezek 'all.these').

mind	*(a	három)	könyv
all	the	three	book

’all the three books’

Source: Dékány 2021: 139.

Inflecting demonstratives always precede the definite article.

ez/az	a	három	könyv
this/that	the	three	book

’these/those three books’

Source: Example provided by database editor (native speaker).

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