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* two genders: animate, inanimate. | * two genders: animate, inanimate. | ||
** There were also honorific forms which worked like a gender somewhat. | ** There were also honorific forms which worked like a gender somewhat. The honorific turns into a feminine in [[Talmic languages|Talmic]], meanwhile animate and inanimate become masculine and neuter. | ||
* two states: absolute and construct. | * two states: absolute and construct. | ||
* two cases: nominative and genitive. | * two cases: nominative and genitive. | ||