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Similar to Talmic languages? Inflected prepositions, etc. | Similar to Talmic languages? Inflected prepositions, etc. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Like Modern Windermere, Pradiul has two articles, the definite article '' | Like Modern Windermere, Pradiul has two articles, the definite article ''φie'' and the specific article ''sie'' (from demonstratives ''φie'' 'that' and ''sie'' 'this'; cognate to Windermere ''fi'' and ''se'' with the same meanings). | ||
Noun plurals are different from Windermere and use incopyfixation instead of a fixed affix: ''knol'' 'leaf', ''kalnol'' 'leaves'. (compare Windermere ''cnul'', pl. ''imcnul'') | Noun plurals are different from Windermere and use incopyfixation instead of a fixed affix: ''knol'' 'leaf', ''kalnol'' 'leaves'. (compare Windermere ''cnul'', pl. ''imcnul'') | ||
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Verbs display split-ergativity like in [[Anbirese]] and [[Cièdian]]. | Verbs display split-ergativity like in [[Anbirese]] and [[Cièdian]]. | ||
:''Skaθ | :''Skaθ φie paszå.'' | ||
:The wind blows. | :The wind blows. | ||