Gender is indicated on nouns by the selection of the plural inflectional suffix, /-al / for inanimate nouns, and /-ak / for animate nouns.
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There remains, however, a diglossic distinction in the grammatical gender of many inanimate nouns, with abstract words generally being considered grammatically feminine by men and grammatically masculine by women.
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The Ket language has three genders ( masculine, feminine, and neuter ), and most gender assignment is based on semantics, but there are many inanimate nouns outside the neuter class.
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The focus marker " c�i " is distinct from the classifier " c�i " that classifies inanimate nouns ( although it is historically related to the classifier " c�i " ).
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To indicate the singular or plural, that is, a number of specific elements, suffix classifiers ( in the case of inanimate nouns ) or gender suffixes ( in the case of animate nouns ) are added.
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Since the 16th century it has been gradually disappearing, especially from inanimate nouns and those referring to nonpersons, still Norwid ( 1821 1883 ) used obBokowie ( " clouds " ) to make up a rhyme.
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The plural of neuter / inanimate nouns is believed to have had the same ending as collective nouns in the singular, and some words with the collective noun ending in singular were later to become word with the feminine gender.
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Adjectives modifying plural animate nouns must be plural, but adjectives modifying plural inanimate nouns may be singular :; ?? ????r " s'a da k?daw?nti "'white clothes'('white'singular,'clothes'plural ).
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:: : : : : Both Chanel dress and Dior perfume are okay grammatically because in these cases Chanel and Dior are inanimate nouns, while in the case of Dior's acquaintance, Dior is an animate noun, and different grammatical rules apply.
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:They might be arguing against using the apostrophe with inanimate nouns, where saying " of the . . . " is more common, e . g . we generally say " the contents of the beaker " rather than " the beaker's contents ".
