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==Noun Classes== | ==Noun Classes== | ||
Nouns are split into 2 different categories being Animate and Inanimate. There are 4 reasons a noun is animate rather than inanimate, A it is living or once living, B is a place in which humans, animals, and/or spirits have inhabited in, C, it is related to time or d, the object has gained animacy though its experience. | |||
====Articles==== | |||
Within Animate and Inanimate classes articles are split into three article types: Indefinite, Definite, and Definite Plural. | |||
*indefinite - An article used when the noun is unspecific or being introduced. | |||
*Definite - An article used when the noun is previously specified or is specific noun considered common knowledge | |||
====Examples==== | |||
*"Kamat'" meaning person is animate. | |||
*"Rakav" meaning building is animate, however if the building is new and has never been inhabited it is inanimate. | |||
*"Ddim" meaning time is animate | |||
*"Ts'emá" meaning table would normally be inanimate, but say if it was in a family for generations, it could be considered animate. | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||