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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
There are three grammatical genders in Alska: Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. Each gender is distinguished by a different enclitic article when a noun is definite. Likewise, each gender has its own indefinite article. The three endings are (-en) for the Masculine, (-an) for the Feminine, and (-et) for the Neuter. Additionally, (-er/ar) is the most commonly used plural marker. | |||
====Definite vs. Indefinite==== | ====Definite vs. Indefinite==== | ||
Whether a noun is definite or not is decided by the use of an enclitic article in the form of a suffix. These articles can be seperated from the noun and used in a sentence to transform them into indefinite articles. | |||
For example: | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | {| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | ||
!'''Singular''' | !'''Singular''' | ||
!'''Plural''' | !'''Indefinite Plural''' | ||
!'''Gender''' | !'''Gender''' | ||
!'''Meaning''' | !'''Meaning''' | ||
!'''Definite''' | !'''Definite''' | ||
!'''Definite Plural''' | !'''Definite Plural''' | ||
|jinte | |||
|jinter | |||
|feminine | |||
|jintan | |||
|jintan | |||
|jintana | |||
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|- | |- | ||
|dríng | |||
| | |drínger | ||
| | |masculine | ||
| | |boy | ||
|dríngen | |||
| | |dríngerne | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|hus | |||
| | |huse | ||
|neuter | |neuter | ||
| | |house | ||
|huset | |||
|husene | |||
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|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Articles==== | ====Articles==== |