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====Overview==== | ====Overview==== | ||
Every noun in Metin belongs to one of 10 classes. | Every noun in Metin belongs to one of 10 classes. | ||
Class 1 refers exclusively to humans. They take the prefix tsi- in all cases. | Class 1 refers exclusively to humans. They take the prefix tsi- in all cases. | ||
Class 2 is the plural of class 1. They take the prefix oka- in all cases. | Class 2 is the plural of class 1. They take the prefix oka- in all cases. | ||
Class 3 refers to animals, serviles, and other intelligent nonhuman beings. They take the prefix eey- in all cases. | Class 3 refers to animals, serviles, and other intelligent nonhuman beings. They take the prefix eey- in all cases. | ||
Class 4 is the plural of class 3. They take the prefix jii- in all cases. | Class 4 is the plural of class 3. They take the prefix jii- in all cases. | ||
Class 5 refers to small and medium inanimate objects, plants, basic tools, and miscellaneous tangible objects. It comes in two forms. | Class 5 refers to small and medium inanimate objects, plants, basic tools, and miscellaneous tangible objects. It comes in two forms. | ||
Class 5a nouns take either the prefix mi- or the prefix įh- in the absolutive case and have no prefixes. | Class 5a nouns take either the prefix mi- or the prefix įh- in the absolutive case and have no prefixes. | ||
Class 5b nouns take the prefix ut- in all cases. | Class 5b nouns take the prefix ut- in all cases. | ||
Class 6 refers to very large nouns, especially when they are thought of as locations. | |||
Class 7 is the plural of class 6. | Class 6 refers to very large nouns, especially when they are thought of as locations. All cases take prefix sxu-. | ||
Class 7 is the plural of class 6. All cases take prefix cxu-. | |||
Class 8 refers to mass nouns. It comes in two forms. | Class 8 refers to mass nouns. It comes in two forms. | ||
Class 8a nouns take the prefix oo- in all cases. This class is closed, and only a few common nouns are within it. | Class 8a nouns take the prefix oo- in all cases. This class is closed, and only a few common nouns are within it. | ||
Class 8b nouns take the prefix cha- in all cases. This class is open. | Class 8b nouns take the prefix cha- in all cases. This class is open. | ||
Class 9 refers to vehicles and very large devices. They take the prefix we in all cases. | Class 9 refers to vehicles and very large devices. They take the prefix we in all cases. | ||
Class 10 refers to intangible and abstract things. They take the prefix lu in all cases. | Class 10 refers to intangible and abstract things. They take the prefix lu in all cases. | ||
====Declension of noun prefixes==== | ====Declension of noun prefixes==== | ||
====Explanation of noun cases==== | ====Explanation of noun cases==== | ||