Triparic Nouns

Gender

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"
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 da, abbreviated to d' before nouns beginning with a vowel.

The partitive article is used with mass nouns such as "water", "snow", and the like to indicate "some".

Ego dizire d'aqua. "I want some water."

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."

Er kennet da mensches. "He knows some men."

Negative

The negative article is ni, and is used with mass nouns and countable nouns alike to indicate a lack of something:

Ego habe ni aqua. "I have no water."

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"