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'''mädins''' "young women" | '''mädins''' "young women" | ||
=== Articles === | === Articles and Genitive === | ||
We're not sure. Currently '''der''' (sing) and '''les''' (plur), but I prefer they not look like they came from two different languages. Carrie suggested '''del/des'''; Shawn thinks maybe '''der/des''' but '''del''' is also kinda cool. | We're not sure. Currently '''der''' (sing) and '''les''' (plur), but I prefer they not look like they came from two different languages. Carrie suggested '''del/des'''; Shawn thinks maybe '''der/des''' but '''del''' is also kinda cool. | ||
Of course, "of" is a problem. If we do Germanic articles, then the genitive needs to be '''-s''', perhaps with an apostrophe, like English. If we do Romance ('''l-''') articles, then '''d- l-''' phrases and even contractions like French/Spanish/Italian are options. | |||
Revision as of 00:09, 21 March 2016
This is all a draft.
In March 2016 we're cleaning up the language yet again. This time for sure. Presto!
Nouns
Gender
Nouns have no grammatical gender.
Plural
Nouns form their plurals in -s (-es if the singular ends in s, z, x, or sz):
menszes "men" mädins "young women"
Articles and Genitive
We're not sure. Currently der (sing) and les (plur), but I prefer they not look like they came from two different languages. Carrie suggested del/des; Shawn thinks maybe der/des but del is also kinda cool.
Of course, "of" is a problem. If we do Germanic articles, then the genitive needs to be -s, perhaps with an apostrophe, like English. If we do Romance (l-) articles, then d- l- phrases and even contractions like French/Spanish/Italian are options.