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If using decimals in numbers, the word ''dat'' is used to mean ‘point’ or ‘dot’, though it literally means ‘seed’ or ‘egg’. | If using decimals in numbers, the word ''dat'' is used to mean ‘point’ or ‘dot’, though it literally means ‘seed’ or ‘egg’. | ||
==Articles & Determiners== | == Articles & Determiners == | ||
Maltcégj has no definite article, and the indefinite article ''am'' is only used to specifically represent the number ‘one’. Its use of articles in this respect is very similar to Latin or Russian; definiteness is only expressed using the terms ''úli'' ‘this’, ''úla'' ‘that’, and ''úlot'', ‘that (other) yonder’ (or, respectively, the proximal, medial, and distal deixes). There are additional deixes which are used primarily for discussing time (see Pro-Forms). | Maltcégj has no definite article, and the indefinite article ''am'' is only used to specifically represent the number ‘one’. Its use of articles in this respect is very similar to Latin or Russian; definiteness is only expressed using the terms ''úli'' ‘this’, ''úla'' ‘that’, and ''úlot'', ‘that (other) yonder’ (or, respectively, the proximal, medial, and distal deixes). There are additional deixes which are used primarily for discussing time (see Pro-Forms). | ||
== Nouns == | |||
Maltcégj nouns are relatively straight-forward. They do not inflect for case or number. Nouns are always the first word in a noun phrase (that is, they precede adjectives and adpositions), though genitive constructions may be constructed in ways that may seem contrary to this assertion (more on the genitive under Prepositions). | |||
Nouns with two syllables which may double as verbs tend to have initial stress while the verb form has final stress, but this tendency is by no means a rule. | |||
=== Indicating Plurality === | |||
While there is no specific plural form of nouns, there is a plural particle, ''ak-'', which can be optionally prefixed to the noun stem to specify plurality. ''ak-'' is never used when a number is present or any other indicator that would already imply a plural. | |||
For example: | |||
''téfʌðu'' 'table' | |||
'''''ak'''téfʌðu'' 'tables' | |||
''téfʌðu jamp'' 'four tables' | |||
''téfʌðu lexét'' 'many tables' | |||
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