Nouns

Pilovese nouns as with any nouns describe a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns are classified under two genders, Masculine and Feminine. It is easy to associte these terms with sex (eg. male or female) but in grammatical terms, this refers simply to the way the noun endings were formed in older forms of the language. In the case of living things such as animals or humans, the masculine form will typically be associated with the male sex and the feminine with the female sex.

 

Articles

There are two definite articles which indicate either masculine or feminine. Each one has a separate plural form. Nouns are always modified by an article and never stand alone. The definite article corresponds to the English article "the."

Definite Articles	Singular	Plural
Masculine	li	lis
Feminine	la	las

There are two indefinite articles as well with a singular form and unlke English, a plural form. The singular form corresponds to the English words "a" and "an." The plural forms can be translated as "some" or "a few."

Indefinite Articles	Singular	Plural
Masculine	un	unis
Feminine	una	unas

 

Formation of Plural

If a noun ends in a vowel or in f,k,p,and t an -s is added for the plural. All others add -is for the plural.

 

Examples of Singluar Nouns

Gender	Definite	Indefinite
Masculine	li om li avelh	un om un avelh
Feminine	la moulhir la latrime	una moulhir una latrime

(om = man; moulhir = woman; avelh = bee; latrime = brick )

 

Examples of Plural Nouns

Gender	Definite	Indefinite
Masculine	lis omis lis avelhis	unis omis unis avelhis
Feminine	las moulhiris las latrimes	unas moulhiris unas latrimes

(om = man; moulhir = woman; avelh = bee; latrime = brick )

 

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