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== Gender ==
#REDIRECT [[Triparic Grammar#Nouns]]
 
Nouns have no grammatical gender.
 
== Plural ==
 
Nouns form their plurals in '''-s''' ('''-es''' if the singular ends in '''s, z, x,''' or '''sch'''):
 
'''mädins''' "young women"<br>
'''mensches''' "men"
 
== Articles ==
 
=== Definite ===
 
The definite articles are '''der''' (singular) and '''des''' (plural).
 
'''der mensch''' "the man"
'''des mädins''' "the girls"
 
=== Indefinite ===
 
The indefinite article, used with singular nouns only, is simply the word for the number "one", '''æn.'''
 
'''æn mensch''' "a man"
 
For indefinite plurals, one should use the partitive article.
 
=== Partitive ====
 
The partitive article is used with mass nouns such as "water", "snow", and the like to indicate "some".
 
 
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."
 
== Genitive ==
 
The genitive is formed in two ways.
 
It may be formed with a prepositional phrase, using the preposition '''o''' "of":
 
'''der cän o der mensch''' "the dog of the man", "the man's dog"
 
Or it may be formed by using the plural form of the possessor in apposition to the thing possessed:
 
'''der mensches cän''' "the man's dog"
 
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