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| == Gender ==
| | #REDIRECT [[Triparic Grammar#Nouns]] |
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| Nouns have no grammatical gender.
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| == Plural ==
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| Nouns form their plurals in '''-s''' ('''-es''' if the singular ends in '''s, z, x,''' or '''sch'''):
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| '''mädins''' "young women"<br>
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| '''mensches''' "men"
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| == Articles ==
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| === Definite ===
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| The definite articles are '''der''' (singular) and '''des''' (plural).
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| '''der mensch''' "the man"
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| '''des mädins''' "the girls"
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| === Indefinite ===
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| The indefinite article, used with singular nouns only, is simply the word for the number "one", '''æn.'''
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| '''æn mensch''' "a man"
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| For indefinite plurals, one should use the partitive article.
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| === Partitive ===
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| The partitive article is '''da''', abbreviated to '''d'''' before nouns beginning with a vowel.
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| The partitive article is used with mass nouns such as "water", "snow", and the like to indicate "some".
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| '''Ego dizire d'aqua.''' "I want some water."
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| The partitive is also used with the plurals of countable nouns to likewise indicate "some unspecified number" or "some group not yet defined in this context."
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| '''Er kennet da mensches.''' "He knows some men."
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| === Negative ===
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| The negative article is '''ni''', and is used with mass nouns and countable nouns alike to indicate a lack of something:
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| '''Ego habe ni aqua.''' "I have no water."
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| == Genitive ==
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| The genitive is formed in two ways.
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| It may be formed with a prepositional phrase, using the preposition '''o''' "of":
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| '''der cän o der mensch''' "the dog of the man", "the man's dog"
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| Or it may be formed by using the plural form of the possessor in apposition to the thing possessed:
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| '''der mensches cän''' "the man's dog"
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