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===Nominal=== | ===Nominal=== | ||
====Number==== | ====Number==== | ||
Hrasú has three numbers, all of which are equally common in the language. The Hrasic numbers are different to those of English, instead using a so-called [[w:singulative number|collective-singulative]] distinction. | |||
The distinction infers that the basic form of a noun is the collective, which is indifferent to the number, is unmarked. However, in Hrasú, the collective form has an additional meaning; and can also signify duals. It is thus the singulative that goes unmarked. | |||
=====Singulative===== | |||
The [[w:singulative|singulative]] ({{sc|sg}}) denotes one, single noun, and roughly corresponds to the English equivalent of [[w:singular|singular]]. A singulative noun is a single item, either of a collective noun or even a mass noun. | |||
=====Dual-collective===== | |||
The [[w:dual number|dual]]-[[w:collective number|collective]] number ({{sc|dc}}) is a special number to the Hrasic language. The dual-collective primarily marks the collective sense, where English uses the plural. It does however also signify two nouns, a pair, in certan contexts. | |||
=====Plurative===== | |||
The [[w:plurative|plurative]] ({{sc|pl}}) marks when there are multiple nouns, but more than two. It does not have the collective sense that the English equivalent does. | |||
====Gender==== | ====Gender==== | ||
====Case==== | ====Case==== | ||