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==Nouns== | ==Nouns== | ||
Nouns are divided into two categories, based on whether the stem ends in a consonant or vowel. | Nouns are for the most part divided into two categories, based on whether the stem ends in a consonant or vowel. This affects the form of their case endings, as well as adjectives, which must agree with the case and number of their noun head. | ||
===Case=== | ===Case and Number=== | ||
Three basic noun cases and two numbers are observed in the writings of the Vórina author. Number manifests a singular-plural distinction, although there is also a separate system for singulative forms for collective nouns marked with the suffixes ''-ina'' (for consonant-final nouns), and ''-iena'' (for vowel-final nouns), take plural marking. Irregular paradigms, which appear to derive from a gender-based system, do appear; nouns that follow these paradigms are unpredictable and their forms must be memorized. | |||
In the following table, the regular case-number paradigm shows three cases, | |||
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