Triparic Nouns: Difference between revisions

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Nouns have no grammatical gender.

Nouns form their plurals in -s (-es if the singular ends in s, z, x, or sch):

mensches "men" mädins "young women"

The definite articles are der (singular) and des (plural).

The genitive is formed with the preposition o "of":

der cän o der mensch "the dog of the man", "the man's dog"

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 === Plural ===
-Nouns form their plurals in '''-s''' ('''-es''' if the singular ends in '''s, z, x,''' or '''sz'''):
+Nouns form their plurals in '''-s''' ('''-es''' if the singular ends in '''s, z, x,''' or '''sch'''):
-'''menszes''' "men"
+'''mensches''' "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.
+The definite articles are '''der''' (singular) and '''des''' (plural).
-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.
+The genitive is formed with the preposition '''o''' "of":
+'''der cän o der mensch''' "the dog of the man", "the man's dog"
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