SamSkandinavisk nouns: Difference between revisions

 
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====Nouns====
====Nouns====
Nouns have two cases; Subject-Object and Genitive. Nouns in the Genitive case get a '''-s''' suffix. Nouns also aquire suffixes to form plurals and to designate indefiniteness or definiteness.
[[SamSkandinavisk]] nouns have two cases; Subject-Object and Genitive. Nouns in the Genitive case get a '''-s''' suffix. Nouns also aquire suffixes to form plurals and to designate indefiniteness or definiteness.


There are two grammatical genders; Common and Neuter. Approximately 75% of nouns are common gender and 25% are neuter gender. The Common Gender represents a merger of the Masculine and Feminine grammatical genders that were present in more archaic stages of the source languages.
There are two grammatical genders; Common and Neuter. Approximately 75% of nouns are common gender and 25% are neuter gender. The Common Gender represents a merger of the Masculine and Feminine grammatical genders that were present in more archaic stages of the source languages.
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| '''Genitive''' || kvinnes || kvinnens || kvinners || kvinnerns
| '''Genitive''' || kvinnes || kvinnens || kvinners || kvinnerns
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