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 ===Nouns===
-The plural of nouns is always ''-a/-e'' if the noun ends in a C, or ''-nn'' if the noun ends in a V.
+The plural of nouns is almost always ''-a/-e'' if the noun ends in a C, or ''-nn'' if the noun ends in a V.
 *''scain'' 'a friend', ''scaine'' 'friends'
 *''bùta'' 'a cave', ''bùtann'' 'caves'
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 *''sos'' 'a man', ''sois'' 'men'
-Snachian lost grammatical gender.
+Vanian lost grammatical gender.
-The definite article is ''an''-L for singular nouns and ''na''-N for plural nouns. One may drop the definite article in the singular (leaving behind just the lenition), and also in the plural (leaving behind the eclipsis) if the initial C of the noun is "eclipsable" (i.e. is one of ''∅, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s''). If the noun cannot eclipse, the ''na'' is always used: ''na scaine'' 'the friends'.
+The definite article is ''an'' for singular nouns and ''na'' for plural nouns.
-Colloquial Snachian may also drop the plural suffix for definite plural nouns: ''na scain'' or ''mbùta'' for ''na scaine'' or ''(na) mbùtann'' is often heard.
+Colloquial Vanian may also drop the plural suffix for definite plural nouns: ''na scain'' or ''na bùta'' for ''na scaine'' or ''na bùtann'' is often heard.
-Personal names and place names do not always obey mutation rules.
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-casual Snachian  could overgeneralize 'an' into an emphatic particle
-shàr = the cat
+The Thensarian relativizer ''rin'' turned into a genitive marker: ''an scain ri Aodhàn'' (Aodhàn's friend).
-an shàr = THE cat
-an sàr = (specifically) a cat
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-The Thensarian relativizer ''rin'' turned into a genitive marker: ''(an) schain ri Aodhàn'' (Aodhàn's friend). It can be omitted in casual Snachian: ''schain Aodhàn''.
 ===Adjectives===