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[[w:noun|Nouns]] are words that denote a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. In Nayse, nouns are affected by definiteness, plurality, and gender.
[[w:noun|Nouns]] are words that denote a person, place, thing, animal, or idea. In Nayse, nouns are affected by definiteness, plurality, and gender.


====Definiteness====
*'''Definiteness''' differentiates between nouns that are specific and identifiable and nouns that are not.
Definiteness differentiates between nouns that are specific and identifiable and nouns that are not.


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====Plurality====
*Nanyse uses four '''plural forms''':
Nanyse uses four plural forms:


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====Gender====
*When a noun of personal or animate '''gender''' becomes, or is referred to as, inanimate, the prefix 'te-' ('teh-', if the word begins with a vowel) is added to the word. If the noun being modified is already modified by definiteness, the gender modifier follows the definiteness modifier.
When a noun of personal or animate gender becomes, or is referred to as, inanimate, the prefix 'te-' ('teh-', if the word begins with a vowel) is added to the word. If the noun being modified is already modified by definiteness, the gender modifier follows the definiteness modifier.


*'''Example:''' tejex (a dead tree)
**'''Example:''' tejex (a dead tree)
*'''Example:''' altejex(the dead tree)
**'''Example:''' altejex(the dead tree)
*'''Example:''' tejex esær(the dead tree of the world)
**'''Example:''' tejex esær(the dead tree of the world)


===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===