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* '''ei''' /jɛ/ - Slender | * '''ei''' /jɛ/ - Slender | ||
* '''eu''' /jɔ/ - Broad | * '''eu''' /jɔ/ - Broad | ||
==Grammar== | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Meiran nouns are gendered, and can inflect for case and number | |||
====Genders==== | |||
Nouns can be either Common or Neuter, which sets the inflection pattern of the noun | |||
Here are basic rules to deduce the gender : | |||
=====Common===== | |||
Nouns in the common gender often end with a broad vowel, or by a sonorant | |||
=====Neuter===== | |||
Nouns in the neuter gender ofter end with a slender vowel, or by an obstruant | |||
====Cases==== | |||
Nouns can take one of 4 cases : | |||
; Nominative | |||
: The nominative case indicates the subject of a sentence, and the object of a predicate | |||
; Accusative | |||
: The accusative case indicates the direct object of a sentence | |||
; Dative | |||
: The dative case indicates the indirect object of a sentence | |||
; Prepositional | |||
: The dative case indicates the complement of a preposition | |||