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+===Nouns===
+Matzerieu nouns can be divided according to their gender in animate and inanimate. Animate nouns refer to autonomous beings, like human beings, animals, plants and trees, deities, and even simple microorganisms and personified objects that exhibit apparent autonomous movement, like androids and automata. Inanimate nouns refer to any inert object: natural materials, man-made products, celestial objects, and abstract concepts. By nature, inanimate nouns cannot be the volitional agents of a verb.
+Nouns decline for number and case.
+====Number====
+Matzerieu nouns have either one of two numbers: singular or plural. However, plural marking is unnecesary when a numeral is present. There’s a dual number, but it’s very marginal and it only applies to nouns that appear naturally in pairs, like certain parts of the body like the eyes or the hands. Mass, uncountable nouns, like ''šar'' (‘water’) or ''žul'' (‘rice’) are invariable for number, although they could optionally take the collective marker ''-éro'', or a quantifier, if a sense of pluralization is needed. The plural number is marked with the suffix ''-(a)n'', whereas the dual is marked with the suffix ''-ce''.
+:{|
+|-
+| ''cei'' || ''šarhi'' || ''šar-el''
+|-
+| two || cup.{{smallcaps|abs}} || water-{{smallcaps|abl}}
+|-
+| colspan="3" | ‘two glasses of water’
+|}
+===Verbs===
+===Adverbs===
 ==Syntax==