In a message dated 7/25/2002 12:49:40 PM Central Daylight Time, wood_owl@hotmail.com writes: > > > Articles are specialized adjectives. In English, they would be "the," "a", > and "an." > > Hopia is a compound word. Hopi is a verb. The suffix "a" means "one which" > or "that which." > > A possible example of the noun-adj-article word order would be "chuka chito > pa," where chuka means house, chito means large, and pa means this. > Literally translated, it reads house-big-this. > > (That's my baby Choctaw.) > > I hope this clears that up. > > George Ann > > It helps a lot George Ann. Thanks, John Craven New Orleans