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| ===Nouns=== | | ===Nouns=== |
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| Nouns have two genders in Alska, Common and Neuter. These nouns must always agree with their adjectives gender-wise.
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| Nouns can come in two numbers, singular and plural. To make a vowel plural, either the suffix '-er', '-e' or '-ene' is added to the end. Very few nouns that have a natural fminine gender get the '-e' suffix for their indefinite plural form. This can cause confusion, since '-er' is also how verbs conjugate for all persons in the present tense. When a noun is definite, the plural is '-ene'. When it is not, the plural is '-er'.
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| ====Definite vs. Indefinite==== | | ====Definite vs. Indefinite==== |
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| Nouns can be definite or indefinite, and this is decided by the use of an enclitic article. The common gender has the suffix '-en' to make it definite, the neuter gender has '-et'. These articles can be separated from their noun. This transforms them into <i>indefinite</i> articles.
| | 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. |
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| *<i>Flyge</i> - Woman + '-en' = <i>Flyg<b>en</b></i> - The Woman. (The extra 'e' is combined)
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| Here is a chart showing a selection of nouns in their indefinite and definite forms, as well as the plurals for each.
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| {| {{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''' |
| !'''Gender'''
| | |jinte |
| !'''Meaning'''
| | |jinter |
| |-
| | |feminine |
| !mann
| | |jintan |
| |manner
| | |jintan |
| |common
| | |jintana |
| |man
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| !foten
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| |fotene
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| |common
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| |foot
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| |-
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| !land
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| |lander
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| |neuter
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| |land | |
| !hemmellen
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| |hemmellene | |
| |common | |
| |sky, heaven
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| |-
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| !sju
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| |sjuer
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| |common
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| |shoe
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| !ligtet
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| |ligtene | |
| |neuter | |
| |light | |
| |- | | |- |
| !live
| | |dríng |
| |liver | | |drínger |
| |common | | |masculine |
| |life | | |boy |
| !sprokken
| | |dríngen |
| |sprokkene | | |dríngerne |
| |common | |
| |language | |
| |- | | |- |
| !tir
| | |hus |
| |tirer | | |huse |
| |neuter | | |neuter |
| |animal | | |house |
| !boket
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| |bokene
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| |neuter
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| |book
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| !elske
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| |elsker
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| |common
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| |love
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| !vulfen
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| |vulfene
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| |common
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| |wolf
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| !lørdin
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| |lørdin<i>e</i>
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| |common
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| |lady
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| !lørd
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| |lørdene
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| |common | |
| |lord | |
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| |} | | |} |
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| Note how all definite plural suffixes are the same, no matter the gender of the word itself.
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| ====Articles==== | | ====Articles==== |