 The nearest equivalent in English is "some", although it is classified as a determiner, and English uses it less than French uses "de".Haida has a partitive article (suffixed "-gyaa") referring to "part of something or... to one or more objects of a given group or category," e.g., "tluugyaa uu hal tlaahlaang" "he is making a boat (a member of the category of boats).