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[[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. | ||