Degrees of volition in active languages (wasRe:Chevraqis:asketch)

Nik Taylor wrote:

> J Matthew Pearson wrote:
> > a different series of articles is used with proper names:
> >
> > Malagasy:
> >
> >   ny boky      "the book"
> >   i Noro       "Noro"
>
> Would i Boky mean "The Book", especially as part of a title (like, "i
> Boky [of Job]" for The Book of Job)?
No.  The determiner "i" is used only for people (usually children, or those
with non-Malagasy names).  Thus "i Boky" would be grammatical only if "Boky"
were a person's name.

Matt.