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====Gender====
====Gender====
All Manish nouns belong either to the masculine or the feminine gender. On native Manish nouns, this is usually indicated by the presence of a final -o or -i for masculine and feminine, respectively. The gender of a noun does not affect its morphology, but it does require adjective and verb agreement. Nouns borrowed from other languages may or may not end in -o or -i. Typically, if a noun was borrowed that already ended in -o or -i, it simply took the respective gender. Nouns that did not end in -o or -i are unpredictable. Some have since had -o or -i appended, belonging to the respective gender. This is especially common when there was a semantic connection between the word and a masculine or feminine referent. However, in other cases the original ending is kept intact. Most often, these words are considered masculine, but there are many exceptions.
All Manish nouns belong either to the masculine or the feminine gender. On native Manish nouns, this is usually indicated by the presence of a final ''-o'' or ''-i'' for masculine and feminine, respectively. The gender of a noun affects adjective and verb agreement. Nouns borrowed from other languages may or may not end in ''-o'' or ''-i''. Typically, if a noun was borrowed that already ended in ''-o'' or ''-i'', it simply took the respective gender. Nouns that did not end in ''-o'' or ''-i'' are unpredictable. Some have since had ''-o'' or ''-i'' appended, belonging to the respective gender. This is especially common when there was a semantic connection between the word and a masculine or feminine referent. However, in other cases the original ending is kept intact. Most often, these words are considered masculine, but there are many exceptions.


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