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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Nouns in Nayse are | Nouns in Nayse are affected by definiteness, plurality, and gender. | ||
====Definiteness==== | |||
Definiteness differentiates between nouns that are specific and identifiable and nouns that are not. | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; width: 700px;" | |||
! colspan="3" | Definiteness | |||
|- | |||
! style="text-align:center;" | | |||
! style="text-align:center;" |Prefix | |||
! style="text-align:center;" |Example | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Indefinite | |||
| (none) | |||
| jex (a tree) | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Definite | |||
| ‘al-’ | |||
| aljex (the tree) | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |[[w:Construct_state|Construct]] | |||
| ‘e-’ (‘eh-’ for words beginning with a vowel) | |||
| jex esær (the tree of the world) | |||
|} | |||
====Plurality==== | ====Plurality==== | ||
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| 1 | | 1 | ||
| (none) | | (none) | ||
| | | jex (1 tree) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Dual | ! style="" |Dual | ||
| 2 | | 2 | ||
| ‘-z’ (‘-ez’ for words ending in ‘s’ or 'z') | | ‘-z’ (‘-ez’ for words ending in ‘s’, 'x', or 'z') | ||
| | | jexez (2 trees) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Paucal | ! style="" |Paucal | ||
| 3 - 5 | | 3 - 5 | ||
| ‘-za’ (‘-eza’ for words ending in ‘s’ or 'z') | | ‘-za’ (‘-eza’ for words ending in ‘s’, 'x' or 'z') | ||
| | | jexeza (3 - 5 trees) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Plural | ! style="" |Plural | ||
| 6+ | | 6+ | ||
| reduplication (the word is repeated) | | reduplication (the word is repeated) | ||
| | | jexjex (6 or more trees) | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Gender==== | |||
When a noun of personal or animate gender becomes, or is referred to as, inanimate, the prefix 'te-' ('teh-', if the word begins with a vowel) is added to the word. If the noun being modified is already modified by definiteness, the gender modifier follows the definiteness modifier. | |||
*'''Example:''' tejex (a dead tree) | |||
*'''Example:''' altejex(the dead tree) | |||
*'''Example:''' tejex esær(the dead tree of the world) | |||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||