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Noun gender in Hyperfrench is vestigial. Adjective agreement disappeared except in very specific instances which are analyzed by modern Hyperfrench grammarians as remnants of univerbation rather than agreement. | Noun gender in Hyperfrench is vestigial. Adjective agreement disappeared except in very specific instances which are analyzed by modern Hyperfrench grammarians as remnants of univerbation rather than agreement. | ||
A few adjectives display alternations that etymologically derive from gender but they evolved into an attributive vs predicative distinction: ''se vatir nyvier'' "the new car" vs ''se vatir ie nyvo'' "the car is new", somewhat like in German. | A few adjectives display alternations that etymologically derive from gender but because of Riphic substrate influence they evolved into an attributive vs predicative distinction: ''se vatir nyvier'' "the new car" vs ''se vatir ie nyvo'' "the car is new", somewhat like in German. | ||
==Pronouns== | ==Pronouns== | ||