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====Articles====

{{PAGENAME}} uses the indefinite article ''a'' and the definite article ''the''. Due to historical Italian and Arabic influence, Glommish uses the definite article the same way Arabic does: nonspecific nouns take the definite article, unlike in English.

{{PAGENAME}} uses the indefinite article ''an'' and the definite article ''the''. Due to historical Italian and Arabic influence, Glommish uses the definite article the same way Arabic does: nonspecific nouns take the definite article, unlike in English.

* ''Mir davienь thá amblen'' 'I like almonds (in general)'

* ''Ik ví amblen'' 'I want almonds (specific indefinite plural noun)'

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Also: ''andie'' 'end', ''ave'' 'river', ''biare'' 'bear', ''fytie'' 'wheat', ''hiarte'' 'heart', ''knave'' 'servant', ''mage'' 'throat', ''óge'' 'eye', ''óre'' 'ear', ''szúe'' 'sky', ''ukse'' 'ox', ''yriene'' 'copper'. [''ave'' can also be declined like a feminine noun.]

Arabic nisba names and Latin and Greek -ō names become n-stems, like ''Elь-Ferábí, Elь-Ferábíenь'' 'Al-Farabi', ''Niare, Niarenь'' 'Nero', and ''~~Apóle~~, ~~Apólenь~~'' 'Apollo'. Feminine Latin and Greek -ō names use the feminine declension instead: ''Júne, Júne, Júner'' 'Juno', ''Safe'' 'Sappho'.

Arabic masculine nisba names and Latin and Greek masculine -ō names become n-stems, like ''Elь-Ferábí, Elь-Ferábíenь'' 'Al-Farabi', ''Niare, Niarenь'' 'Nero', and ''Apole, Apolenь'' 'Apollo'. Feminine Latin and Greek -ō names and feminine Arabic names use the feminine declension instead: ''Júne, Júne, Júner'' 'Juno', ''Safe, Safe, Safer'' 'Sappho', ''Elь-Ferábíe, Elь-Ferábíe, Elь-Ferábíer'' 'Al-Farabiyya'.

====Feminine nouns====

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The present has regularized. The past/conditional tense is still irregular from common use:

The present has regularized, and is less common than the past forms. The past/conditional tense is still irregular from common use:

*''Fí durstie thú...'' = How dare you...

*''Ik durstь yncz erbaren thá anfer.'' = I wouldn't dare reveal the answer.

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In modern Glommish, phrasal verbs are always separated, except in derived agent and verbal nouns. Colloquial Glommish does so even in agent and verbal nouns derived with -erь and -eng, using the borrowed English construction ''VERB-erь/-eng PREP-erь/-eng'' (cf. English ''fixer-upper''). Only the second suffix takes declension inflection.

: '''''húżen út'''''

: '''''(ta) húżen út'''''

: 'to express'

: '''''úthúżeng'''''

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 ====Articles====
-{{PAGENAME}} uses the indefinite article ''a'' and the definite article ''the''. Due to historical Italian and Arabic influence, Glommish uses the definite article the same way Arabic does: nonspecific nouns take the definite article, unlike in English.
+{{PAGENAME}} uses the indefinite article ''an'' and the definite article ''the''. Due to historical Italian and Arabic influence, Glommish uses the definite article the same way Arabic does: nonspecific nouns take the definite article, unlike in English.
 * ''Mir davienь thá amblen'' 'I like almonds (in general)'
 * ''Ik ví amblen'' 'I want almonds (specific indefinite plural noun)'
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 Also: ''andie'' 'end', ''ave'' 'river', ''biare'' 'bear', ''fytie'' 'wheat', ''hiarte'' 'heart', ''knave'' 'servant', ''mage'' 'throat', ''óge'' 'eye', ''óre'' 'ear', ''szúe'' 'sky', ''ukse'' 'ox', ''yriene'' 'copper'. [''ave'' can also be declined like a feminine noun.]
-Arabic nisba names and Latin and Greek -ō names become n-stems, like ''Elь-Ferábí, Elь-Ferábíenь'' 'Al-Farabi', ''Niare, Niarenь'' 'Nero', and ''Apóle, Apólenь'' 'Apollo'. Feminine Latin and Greek -ō names use the feminine declension instead: ''Júne, Júne, Júner'' 'Juno', ''Safe'' 'Sappho'.
+Arabic masculine nisba names and Latin and Greek masculine -ō names become n-stems, like ''Elь-Ferábí, Elь-Ferábíenь'' 'Al-Farabi', ''Niare, Niarenь'' 'Nero', and ''Apole, Apolenь'' 'Apollo'. Feminine Latin and Greek -ō names and feminine Arabic names use the feminine declension instead: ''Júne, Júne, Júner'' 'Juno', ''Safe, Safe, Safer'' 'Sappho', ''Elь-Ferábíe, Elь-Ferábíe, Elь-Ferábíer'' 'Al-Farabiyya'.
 ====Feminine nouns====
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-The present has regularized. The past/conditional tense is still irregular from common use:
+The present has regularized, and is less common than the past forms. The past/conditional tense is still irregular from common use:
 *''Fí durstie thú...'' = How dare you...
 *''Ik durstь yncz erbaren thá anfer.'' = I wouldn't dare reveal the answer.
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 In modern Glommish, phrasal verbs are always separated, except in derived agent and verbal nouns. Colloquial Glommish does so even in agent and verbal nouns derived with -erь and -eng, using the borrowed English construction ''VERB-erь/-eng PREP-erь/-eng'' (cf. English ''fixer-upper''). Only the second suffix takes declension inflection.
-: '''''húżen út'''''
+: '''''(ta) húżen út'''''
 : 'to express'
 : '''''úthúżeng'''''