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Rules other than phonetic can be used when the meaning of the noun is known or at least its semantic group is recognized. In this category obvious examples are proper names of people, or nouns designating nationality, profession, etc. Nouns referring to animals and birds are always specific to their biological gender, and often occur in pairs the same way as we have cow and bull in English.
Singular feminine nouns ending in an unstressed -e take the ending -eo e.g. punte → punteo! ('bridge!'). Sometimes, the e is dropped altogether. Singular feminine nouns ending in a stressed -a take the ending -auo e.g. nuia → nuiauo! ('stick!'). Singular masculine and neuter nouns ending in a consonant take the ending -ule e.g. băiat → ...
a: nouns that end in e formed from an -ar verb are often written with the -a ending if one wishes to emphasize the verbal (active) aspect. A me veni un pensa (a thought occurs to me) vs. Penses e paroles (thoughts and words). The a ending also makes nouns feminine: anglese (English person), angleso (Englishman), anglesa (English woman). This ...
i: the general adjectival ending, similar to -e in usage. a: nouns that end in e formed from an -ar verb are often written with the -a ending if one wishes to emphasize the verbal (active) aspect. The a ending also makes nouns feminine: anglese (English person), angleso (Englishman), anglesa (English woman). This does not apply to nouns that on ...
The basic structure of Proto-Indo-European nouns and adjectives was the same as that of PIE verbs.A lexical word (as would appear in a dictionary) was formed by adding a suffix (S) onto a root (R) to form a stem.
Accented letters: â ç è é ê î ô û, rarely ë ï ; ù only in the word où, à only at the ends of a few words (including à).Never á í ì ó ò ú.; Angle quotation marks: « » (though "curly-Q" quotation marks are also used); dialogue traditionally indicated by means of dashes.
Masculine nouns ending in -a take adjectival declension: organista (nom. s.) > organistégo (gen. s.). The genitive singular is often formed with -a instead of -u for masculine nouns. Feminine nouns have ja type stems take -e in the genitive singular: od wiecerze. The masculine dative is formed with -oju via contamination of -owi (reduced to ...
A proper noun (sometimes called a proper name, though the two terms normally have different meanings) is a noun that represents a unique entity (India, Pegasus, Jupiter, Confucius, Pequod) – as distinguished from common nouns (or appellative nouns), which describe a class of entities (country, animal, planet, person, ship). [11]