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Bamăriș gained an animacy distinction. Animate singular nouns always take the definite article ''nt/n/m'' (< Proto Ăn Yidiș ''*ənt'', the masculine sg. nominative article before vowels) while the inanimate singular article is ''ă'' before a consonant and ''ăn'' before a vowel. Non-Hebrew/Aramaic noun plurals are regularly -iņ (< -ug-n < *-óg-anna) if inanimate, -(ă)n if animate. | Bamăriș gained an animacy distinction. Animate singular nouns always take the definite article ''nt/n/m'' (< Proto Ăn Yidiș ''*ənt'', the masculine sg. nominative article before vowels) while the inanimate singular article is ''ă'' before a consonant and ''ăn'' before a vowel. Non-Hebrew/Aramaic noun plurals are regularly -iņ (< -ug-n < *-óg-anna) if inanimate, -(ă)n if animate. | ||
* m břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges' | * m břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges' | ||
** Hebrew plurals are kept in Hebrew words: ''n șowfăd'', ''nă | ** Hebrew plurals are kept in Hebrew words: ''n șowfăd'', ''nă șowfdăm'' 'judge' | ||
* n leynăv 'the child', nă leynăvn 'the children' | * n leynăv 'the child', nă leynăvn 'the children' | ||
* m beybi 'the baby', nă beybin 'the babies' | * m beybi 'the baby', nă beybin 'the babies' | ||