 So, although the definite article used to describe a noun in the Tokelauan language is "te", it can also translate to the indefinite article in languages that requires the item being spoken of to have been referenced prior.When translating to English, "te" could translate to the English definite article "the", or it could also translate to the English indefinite article "a".An example of how the definite article "te" can be used as an interchangeable definite or indefinite article in the Tokelauan language would be the sentence “"Kua hau te tino"”.