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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
All Pulqer nouns are either masculine or feminine in gender and singular or plural in number but neither of these is marked on the noun itself, which is immutable. For example, ''atyn'' is a masculine noun and can mean "man" or "men" whilst ''hityn'' is feminine and may mean "woman" or "women". | All Pulqer nouns are either masculine (''maśkyr'') or feminine (''hetyn'') in gender and singular or plural in number but neither of these is marked on the noun itself, which is immutable. For example, ''atyn'' is a masculine noun and can mean "man" or "men" whilst ''hityn'' is feminine and may mean "woman" or "women". | ||
The gender and number of a noun is either unspecified or is indicated by an attached determiner (usually an article). | The gender and number of a noun is either unspecified or is indicated by an attached determiner (usually an article). | ||
Noun suffixes indicating natural gender also indicate grammatical gender: | |||
{| class="wikitable" text-align="center;" style="vertical-align: top;" | |||
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! width="200px;" | Masculine !! width="200px;" | Feminine | |||
|- style="vertical-align: top;" | |||
| ''-(t)uar'' (agent) <br> ''-alc'' (agent) || ''-trik'' (agent) | |||
|- style="vertical-align: top;" | |||
| || ''-tet'' (abstract) <br> ''-zun'' (abstract) <br> ''-iz'' (abstract) | |||
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===Determiners=== | ===Determiners=== | ||