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| '''Plural Feminine''' || lec (lecͪ [le] before a consonant) || onac (onacͪ [ona] before a consonant), dalec (dalecͪ) (neutral) | | '''Plural Feminine''' || lec (lecͪ [le] before a consonant) || onac (onacͪ [ona] before a consonant), dalec (dalecͪ) (neutral) | ||
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=====''Gender''===== | |||
On many nouns ending in a vowel, gender is identifiable as -e and -o are masculine markers, while -a is a feminine marker. But nouns ending with a consonant don't provide such cue. Animatedness is marked in the accusative case as the prefix will be ke- (or k- before a vowel) in the case of an inanimate noun, and dake- (or dak- before a vowel) in the case of an animate noun. Also, "natural" gender is usually reflected in the grammatical gender (nous which refer to male beings usually are masculine, and vice-versa) ; and "natural" animatedness is usually reflected in grammatical animatedness as well : people, animals and, it is worth noticing, plants, are usually animate, while objects, concepts etc are usually inanimate. | |||
Articles and Adjectives agree in gender with Nouns depending on their being masculine or feminine, while verbs have a different conjugation depending on the animate vs inanimate opposition, and the Accusative marker differs as well. In the plural there is a neutral form if masculine and feminine nouns are under the scope of the same modifier ; in adjectives, the vowel associated with neutral is -i. If a verb has a complex subject comprised of animate and inanimate nouns, most usually the animate conjugation will be used. | |||
=====''Number''===== | |||
Nouns can be singular or plural and articles, adjectives and verbs agree in number with the noun (or the subject in the case of the verb). Singular is unmarked, while Plural is marked only after vowels, with the prefix /-s/, written <-c>. In the written register, it is also indicated after consonants by <-c>. | |||
=====''Case''===== | |||
Nominative and so-called Oblique are unmarked, while Accusative is marked with a prefix which is different depending on the Animatedness status of the noun : the prefix will be ke- (or k- before a vowel) in the case of an inanimate noun, and dake- (or dak- before a vowel) in the case of an animate noun. | |||
===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||