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Lodeen can be said to be an agglutinative language, with both prefixes and suffixes.
====Nouns====
The noun is marked for number and definiteness. Concerning number, there is an opposition singular/plural, the plural being marked with the thematic vowel /i/, either as the suffix -i { -i/C_ ~ -j/V_ } if the word doesn't have a prefix, or inserted in the thematic vowel position of a prefix, if there's one. It will usually be in the definite prefix, or in the first prefix if there's no definite prefix.
Also, if there's a thematic gender vowel /a/ or /u/, it combines with the plural vowel : -ja/-ju in a prefix, -aj/-uj as a suffix, -ja/-ju as a suffix after a vowel ending.
As for definiteness, it is often marked by the prefix -le ; but it is usually unmarked when the speaker assumes it's given, part of the common ground, that the listener knows what particular instance object of the universe is referred to.
Gender is not considered a category of the noun proper, as it is never obligatory and usually restrained to animated beings whose sex or gender the speaker wants to precise. The thematic vowels /a/ (feminine) and /u/ (masculine) are then suffixed to the noun, or inserted in a prefix.
Examples :
<poem>
PAN : "a person" → PANA : "a woman" ; PANUY : "(some) men"
KEPAN : "a child" → KYAPAN : "(some) girls"
LEPAN : "the person" → LEKIPAN : "the children"
</poem>


===Syntax===
===Syntax===
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