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Introduction to Gender, Number, and Case
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[top]Gender
Gender in Čuvesken is largely optional but exists as a way to add information that may be missing from the current context. In this way, gender acts as a pseudo-case. There are 6 total genders that are systematically arranged in two dimensions.
| Gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| humanoid | animate | inanimate | ||
| female | vi /vɪ/ | vit /vɪt/ | vel /vɛɭ/ | vímâ /vimə/ |
| male | wi /wɪ/ | wit /wɪt/ | wam /wɔm/ | wímâ /wimə/ |
| neuter | - | tí /ti/ | fí /fi/ | ímâ /imə/ |
[top]Number
Nouns in Čuvesken can take several different grammatical numbers and must be accompanied by a determining article.
| Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Determiner | |||
| noun | INDEF | DEF | |
| single | - | - | - |
| dual | âs /əs/ | âs /əs/ | s |
| trial | âl /əɭ/ | âl /əɭ/ | l /ɭ/ |
| paucal | âmz /əmz/ | âmz /əmz/ | mz /mz/ |
| plural | âf /əf/ | âf /əf/ | f /f/ |
| collective | los /ɭoʊs/ | los /ɭoʊs/ | los /ɭoʊs/ |
[top]Case
There are 8 cases in Čuvesken, though one has two possible forms depending on desired meaning. Some cases are highly functional and are present on more than just nouns. This is contrasted with the locative case which is, now, only used for physical locations. Each case will be covered in a separate section.
| Case | |
|---|---|
| nominative | en /ɛn/ |
| accusative | ik /ɪk/ |
| partitive | pel /pɛɭ/ |
| dative | ât /ət/ |
| genitive | stí /sti/ |
| distributive -temporal |
omí /oʊmi/ ez /ɛz/ |
| locative | múl /mʊɭ/ |
| essive | ůču /ʌt͡su/ |
[top]Order of Declension
In Čuvesken, nouns are declined first in gender, then in number, and lastly in case. As will be shown in later sections, this allows for intuitive application of multiple cases for more complex meanings.
[top]Test Your Understanding
For the following examples, identify the gender of the given noun.
wíšímâen
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luisolen
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ěrpwitâmzen
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For the next examples, determine if the article agrees with the noun.
atâs luâsstí
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nulos perlwitlosât
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atâl srefímââsen
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