Nouns

Gender of nouns

Like many romance languages such as French, Talossan nouns have a grammatical gender, either masculine or feminine. This is regardless of their actual meaning. For example, "table" is masculine while "chair" is feminine.

 

Most of the nouns, in Talossan, have their gender match the ending of their singular syntax.

 

As such, the following suffixes indicate that a noun is feminine : 

	â
	iun
	ù
	à
	ïa

 

Every other suffix indicate a masculine name.

 

Please note that words ending with the following suffixes are masculine, despite also ending with a feminine suffix:

	istà
	scù  ( thought the word scù itself is feminine )

 

Also, words ending in a ( unless ending in ïa ) are masculine, with the single exception of the word Talossa, which is feminine.

 

Words with do express a gender, such a first names, animal names or certain objects such as the sun or the moon have a gender associated with the idea they represent. For example, the name of an animal might be masculine in the dictionary.

 

In some case it is possible to use in the feminine gender when referring to a female specimen. The same exists for positions or jobs which do not have an existing feminization of the word. In that case, the noun is not modified to have a feminine suffix, but adjectives are modified accordingly.

 

 

 

 

And finally, a few words are exceptions, for neutral concepts normally expressed with a gender such as the sea or Death itself.

Plural of nouns - introduction

There regular nouns plurals are divided into 5 groups ( declensions ). There are also 7 irregular nouns.

 

 

1st Declension - Add an s

For the vast majority of nouns, simply adding an s at the end is enough to create it's plural form.

 

In some cases however, an s is not enough. Here is a list of these cases :

 

Singluar nouns ending in :

	a stressed vowel such à, ô or ù require ns to be added as a plural suffix.
	l or il change that ending to is, with the exception of fil, which becomes fils
	ár or án change that ending to áes
	s add en to their ending ( after the s )

 

Please note that nouns of the first declension that, when a s is added in their plural, become hard to prononce may optionally have en added instead of an s. This is not required.

 

Also, in pre 1994 grammar, words ending in m had that ending changed to ns, but have since taken a single s in their plural form.

2nd Declension - add a x

Nouns that end in :

	éu
	eu

Add a x to their ending in their plural form.

3rd Declension : add ilor

When a singular nouns finishes with an s and it's last vowel is ä, ilor is added to the noun in it's plural form.

 

For example : Päts become Pätsilor

4th declension - add i

Nouns that end with ic add i on their plural form.

 

Please note that the stress of the word might also change, as follows :

	One of two syllable words have the i in the original ic suffix stressed
	three of more syllable words have the vowel before the original ic suffix stressed.

5th declension - change suffix to schti

Singluar nouns that end with :

	x
	sc
	scù

Have that suffix changed to schti in their plural form, with the final i being silent.

Irregular Nouns

Singular	Plural	English
caciun	cicián	dog
ciovec	cioveci	man, gentleman
gárda	gárxhi	police officer (obsolete noun)
frù	frùlor	woman, lady
fuñgu	funxhi	mushroom, fungus
pëvarë	pëvarën	power
politicâ	politici	policy