Nouns
Isparian nouns are actually a strange combination of those of Italian and Spanish. There are two forms of nouns: vowel-changing and consonant ending nouns. If you have studied Italian, you'll find a lot of correlations between the plural systems.
Vowel-Changing Nouns
Vowel-changing nouns are the second most common in Isparian. These all end in a vowel that signifies the gender: either Masculine ending in -u or Feminine ending in -a. For example:
Vowel-changing nouns are the second most common in Isparian. These all end in a vowel that signifies the gender: either Masculine ending in -u or Feminine ending in -a. For example:
quampu - "field"
vota - "vote"
vota - "vote"
If the nouns is animate (alive) then you change change the ending from masculine to make it feminine but replacing the -u with -a:
mèdiquu - "male doctor" > mèdiqua "female doctor"
This change can only occur from masculine to feminine, not vice versa.
To create the plural for the vowel-changing, the ending changes to different vowel. If you have studied Italian, the process is exactly the same:
quampu - "field" > quampi "fields"
vota - "vote" > vote "votes"
vota - "vote" > vote "votes"
This vowel change allows the language flow a lot quicker then using -s as the ending.
Consonant Ending Nouns
These are the most common nouns in Isparian and they all end in a consonant or a group of consonants that form an ending together. These are also either masculine or feminine, however they have a different plural system:
These are the most common nouns in Isparian and they all end in a consonant or a group of consonants that form an ending together. These are also either masculine or feminine, however they have a different plural system:
quort - "court" > quortes "courts"
relaçôn - "relationship" > relaçônes "relationships"
relaçôn - "relationship" > relaçônes "relationships"
But how do you know which is masculine or feminine? Well, there are different endings which help you work it out:
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Masculine:
-or -anu -ariu -ânt |
Feminine:
-ôn/-çôn -tiç -at -ça |
If it ends in any other consonant, it is masculine. However you can add -a to the end of a masculine ending to make it feminine:
lidor "male leader" > lidora "female leader"
But if it does take the feminine ending, then the plural must be lidore.
lidor "male leader" > lidora "female leader"
But if it does take the feminine ending, then the plural must be lidore.
If the noun ending an -e, an -s is added to the end, unlike in Italian where it changes to i. -e ending nouns are very rare.
So, to sum up I have created this chart:
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Masculine: Feminine: Consonant: |
Singular
-u -a - |
Plural
-i -e -es |
