SASXSEK Reference:Nouns
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Inflection
Neither nouns nor pronouns inflect for case, number or gender and therefore have only one form each. Articles do not exist, neither definite (the) nor indefinite (a, an, some).
- kitab = book; a book; the book; books; some books; the books
Case
Noun functions (case) are indicated by word order and the use of prepositions.
- mo don kitab fu lo.
- I (subject) give book (object) to he (indirect object).
- I gave him a book. / I gave a book to him.
- mo don kitab fu so mu kitabuk.
- I (subject) give book (object) to this (indirect object) from libarary.
- I gave him a book from the library.
Number
Adjectives of quantity are used to indicate number whenever necessary. There are no separate singular and plural forms.
- ieni kitab = one book
- duvi kitab = two books
- heki kitab = (one) hundred books
- meni kitab = (several) books
Gender
Nouns have no gender distinction whatsoever. The suffixes -au (male) or -ai (female) are used to indicate the sex of a living thing.
- bov = ox, bovine
- bovai = cow
- bovau = bull
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