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Qazhrian lost grammatical gender and all nominal inflections except number and construct state.
Qazhrian lost grammatical gender and all nominal inflections except number and construct state.


There is no indefinite article. The definite article is '''', and it triggers the soft mutation:
There is no indefinite article. The definite article is ''gjë'', and it triggers the soft mutation:
*''tëzh'' 'a child'; ''dëzh'' 'the child'
*''tëzh'' 'a child'; ''gjë dëzh'' 'the child'
*''rront'' 'a man'; ''hë ront'' 'the man'
*''rronn'' 'a man'; ''gjë ronn'' 'the man'
*''kavër'' 'a woman'; ''gavër'' 'the woman'
*''kavër'' 'a woman'; ''gjë gavër'' 'the woman'


Construct state is usually formed with ''-ë'':
Construct state is usually formed with ''-ë'':
*''tëzhë ront'' 'the man's child'
*''tëzhë gjë ront'' 'the man's child'


===Verbs===
===Verbs===