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====Gender and Articles==== | |||
Cerian has grammatical gender and two definite articles, one for each gender, used in the singular only (plural vs. plural indefinite inflection does the same effect in the plural). As in most Evandorian languages, ''-n'' is a marker of feminine gender, so that most nouns (not all) ending with that letter are feminine; those which end in vowels are usually masculine. Note that natural gender is prevalent, as shown e.g. by couplets such as "brother" and "sister" where the nouns have the "wrong" ending.<br/> | |||
The masculine article is '''šo'''; the feminine one is '''šen'''. | |||
Examples: | |||
* Masculine nouns: ''šo rutó'' "the hawk"; ''šo sérešu'' "the language"; ''šo jéče'' "the word"; ''šo císenen'' "the brother". | |||
* Feminine nouns: ''šen réboten'' "the price"; ''šen číečón'' "the flower"; ''šen putuánen'' "the wall"; ''šen ránéco'' "the sister". | |||
Note that adjectives do '''not''' have gender in any way, and nouns which have the same form as an adjective may be used in either gender (prevalent in Púrítonen Cerian) or are feminine and have a marked masculine form (prevalent in most dialects). This is most notable with denonyms, as the corresponding adjectives usually end in ''-n''. "Cerian" is an exception, as it has two forms (different from the adjective) in all dialects. | |||
Examples: | |||
* ''šo Čérízuo'' "the Cerian man"; ''šen Čérízen'' "the Cerian woman" (all dialects) | |||
* ''nódólénen'' "Nordulaki"; ''imúnigúronen'' "Chlouvānem" (all dialects) | |||
* ''šo Nódóléo'' "the Nordulaki man", ''šen Nódólénen'' "the Nordulaki woman"; ''šo Imúnigúronno'' "the Chlouvānem man"; ''šen Imúnigúronen'' "the Chlouvānem woman". (Standard Evandorian Cerian; most dialects) | |||
* ''šo Nódólénen, šen Nódólénen'' "the Nordulaki man/woman"; ''šo Imúnigúronen, šen Imúnigúronen'' "the Chlouvānem man/woman" (most Púrítonen Cerian dialects) | |||
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