Forming Definite Nouns, Part 1 (Beginners' lesson)

In the first lesson, you were introduced to the article dig, meaning the. Before you move onto other ways to form definite nouns, more complete information needs to be explained.

Reviewing and explaining basic definite noun formation

 * dig húnd - the dog


 * dig wág - the way


 * dig wórd - the word


 * dig wórld - the world

All of the above examples are examples of basic definite noun formation. If you form these kinds of words in this format, it will be akin to how it is done in English and is therefore very straightforward.
 * dig tunge - the tongue

Definite noun formation with plurals
It is necessary to begin explaining the Jesenic plural system at an early stage, although it will be touched on again in detail in the next lesson as well. To deal with a definite plural in Jesenic, a form of the suffix -n is used at the end of the noun in question. What form is used depends on the ending letter, which will also be discussed later. Take the following examples, using the words previously used: The words above are marked as "specific number" here, because they are listed without definite markers or numbers to modify them. When paired with dig, these become the following: On another note, words with the definite plural suffix may be used without a number or the word dig if it is clearly defined as belonging to someone, something, or a group: * ''Forming possessives will be mentioned further in a future lesson. Many names and/or words have more than one spelling for possessives, which are almost always interchangable (this is used to great effect in writing!).''
 * húndin - dogs (specific number)
 * wágin - ways (specific number)
 * wórdin - words (specific number)
 * wórldin - worlds (specific number)
 * tungen - tongues (specific number)
 * dig húndin - the dogs
 * dig wágin - the ways
 * dig wórdin - the words
 * dig wórldin - the worlds
 * dig tungen - the tongues
 * Jósifs húndin - Joseph's dogs
 * Godtes wágin - God's ways
 * Wilhalms/Wilhalmmes* wórdin - William's words
 * dig árdttis wórldin - the earth's worlds
 * dig hástinnis tungen - the horses' tongues

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