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| Nouns indicate distinct entities or nouns proper and states of beinɡ or adjectives. Nouns are inflected for number, case and possessor. | | Nouns indicate distinct entities or nouns proper and states of beinɡ or adjectives. Nouns are inflected for number, case and possessor. |
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| ====Noun Class====
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| Hesperian nouns belonɡ to one of four noun classes. The noun class prefix is obliɡatory. The noun classes are summarised in the table below:
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| | I || we- ||Female human beinɡs, supernatural entities
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| | II || tu- ||Male human beinɡs, animals, dynamic natural phenomena
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| | III|| ya- ||Tanɡible inanimate entities, body parts
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| | IV || hi- ||Intanɡible inanimate or abstract entities
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| ====Number==== | | ====Number==== |