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All Bresserian nouns are either masculine or feminine. Generally, although with notable exceptions, feminine nouns will end with an ''-e'', while masculine nouns do not. While the gender of a majority of nouns is arbitrary, those referring to people and living things often correspond to the perceived gender of the referent. For example, a male teacher is ''en tiègar'' while a female teacher is ''enne tiègâtre''. When referring to multiple teachers of varying gender, the masculine plural ''tiègars'' would be used. Terms for common animals, primarily domesticated ones, also have distinct gendered forms. Some are simple, such as male ''chat'' and female ''chatte'' meaning “cat”, while others use different words, such as ''ceu'' "cow" and ''bou'' "bull" referring to a female and male bovine respectively. The default form for animals is most often the feminine form, which is used when referring to an animal generally or a mixed-gender group. A notable exception is ''besse'' "dog" which, despite being a feminine noun, is used to refer to both male and female dogs. | All Bresserian nouns are either masculine or feminine. Generally, although with notable exceptions, feminine nouns will end with an ''-e'', while masculine nouns do not. While the gender of a majority of nouns is arbitrary, those referring to people and living things often correspond to the perceived gender of the referent. For example, a male teacher is ''en tiègar'' while a female teacher is ''enne tiègâtre''. When referring to multiple teachers of varying gender, the masculine plural ''tiègars'' would be used. Terms for common animals, primarily domesticated ones, also have distinct gendered forms. Some are simple, such as male ''chat'' and female ''chatte'' meaning “cat”, while others use different words, such as ''ceu'' "cow" and ''bou'' "bull" referring to a female and male bovine respectively. The default form for animals is most often the feminine form, which is used when referring to an animal generally or a mixed-gender group. A notable exception is ''besse'' "dog" which, despite being a feminine noun, is used to refer to both male and female dogs. | ||
Due to sound changes, a majority of nouns’ singular and plural forms are pronounced identically. For example, ‘tiègar’ and the plural ‘tiègars’ are both pronounced [tjɛʒaʁ], with the final ''-s'' being a historical spelling much like the silent letters in English words such as ''knee'' and ''night''. As many plural nouns are pronounced identically to their singular forms, the distinction between singular and plural is distinguished by the article ''de/da'', which becomes ''der'' in the plural. For example, “the man” is ''de gom'' [də | Due to sound changes, a majority of nouns’ singular and plural forms are pronounced identically. For example, ‘tiègar’ and the plural ‘tiègars’ are both pronounced [tjɛʒaʁ], with the final ''-s'' being a historical spelling much like the silent letters in English words such as ''knee'' and ''night''. As many plural nouns are pronounced identically to their singular forms, the distinction between singular and plural is distinguished by the article ''de/da'', which becomes ''der'' in the plural. For example, “the man” is ''de gom'' [də χɔ̃ˑ], while "the men" is ''der goms'' [dɛʁ χɔ̃ˑ] | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives precede the noun and agree with gender and plurality. See the differences between: | Adjectives precede the noun and agree with gender and plurality. See the differences between: | ||