For example, the plural suffix for inanimate nouns has as one of its forms /-an / in all dialects of Ojibwe, including Ottawa, as in " jiimaanan "'boats'with plural suffix /-an / ( all dialects ).
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We can see that for this example the noun is " Independent " because it can stand alone, also, we see that it is an inanimate noun because the plural form adds an " h " at the end when the plural is indicted.
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There are about 80 inanimate nouns which are in the animate class, including nouns denoting heavenly objects ( moon, rainbow ), metal objects ( hammer, ring ), edible plants ( sweet potato, pea ), and non-metallic objects ( whistle, ball ).
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Thus, the situation in these areas resembles that of English, although there is still a distinction among inanimate nouns between common " hij " and neuter " het " ( English uses " it " for both, having lost all gender distinctions in inanimate nouns ).
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Thus, the situation in these areas resembles that of English, although there is still a distinction among inanimate nouns between common " hij " and neuter " het " ( English uses " it " for both, having lost all gender distinctions in inanimate nouns ).
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In some of the Slavic languages, for example, within the masculine and sometimes feminine and neuter genders, there is a further division between animate and inanimate nouns and in below . ) A human non-human ( or " rational non-rational " ) distinction is also found in Dravidian languages.
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Bokm�l, like English, has two sets of 3rd person pronouns . " Han " and " hun " refer to male and female individuals respectively, " den " and " det " refer to impersonal or inanimate nouns, of masculine / feminine or neutral gender respectively.
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When a relative clause is to serve as an adverb, it takes the same form as when it is to serve as an inanimate noun, except that " ce " is omitted before a preposition : ?Ils sont all�s d�ner, "'apr�s quoi "'ils sont rentr�s ?( " They went out to eat, "'after which "'they went home " ); ?Ils ne se sont pas du tout parl? "'ce qui "'me semblait �trange ?( " They did not talk to each other at all, "'which "'seemed strange to me " ).
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In the third person singular, there are four pronouns ( the U between brackets can be used or left out, mostly according to personal choice ) : "'il ( u ) "'( he ), "'el ( u ) "'( she ), "'ol ( u ) "'( it, when it refers back to an actual inanimate noun, and not in sentences as " It's raining " ), and additionally "'lu "', which can be used instead of any of the other three pronouns, whether it be for stylistic purposes, personal choice, or to refer to an indefinite being ( usually human or animal ) that can be thought of indifferently as male or female.
