A, the known or unknown person, people, thing, things.
A phrase introduced by this determiner is distributed as follows: 1) As a sentence introducer.
Han bābuy Magga' ya ibā'idah mowod.
As for the pig of Magga', they will sacrifice it this early evening.
2) As a sentence comment.
Han bābuy Magga' di ibā'ida.
What they will sacrifice is the pig of Magga'.
3) As a sentence topic.
Innal Limāngan han baliyang ta umuy mi'tāmu.
Limāngan got a crowbar to go to join in working.
4) With a genitive ligature suffix -n preceding, as a genitive phrase, either a possessive phrase or a non-focused agent of a verb phrase.
Ihdāda goh nan ūlun han paltīondan bābuy.
They also eat the heads of pigs which they butcher.
Hiyah te inyamman han lalā'in natoy.
This is what the man who died made.
5) With a coordinating conjunction ya, preceding, as a conjunctive phrase.
Immuy da Hiddum ya han ihāwana goh.
Hiddum and those with him went and also his wife.
6) Following either hede, that (far); hene, that; or hete, this.
Goh hene han pa'āgahmu?
What is that which you will have medicined?
Hede han inyāli' ya madamot.
As for that which I brought, it is heavy, (lit. that, the [thing] which I brought).
See sections 7.3.1.1 and 7.25.1.
When not otherwise specified by context, han usually indicates an indefinite person or thing, nan a definite person or thing.
The one; the thing; the time; the place; the manner.
A pronoun determiner is followed either by a verb phrase or existential phrase.
Goh nin hede han natīla'?
Where do you suppose is the thing that was lost?
See sec. 7.8.1.