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Nouns indicate distinct entities or nouns proper and states of beinɡ or adjectives. Nouns are inflected for ɡender, number and case.
Nouns indicate distinct entities or nouns proper and states of beinɡ or adjectives. Nouns are inflected for ɡender, number and case.


====Nominal Gender====
====Noun Class====


Hesperian nouns belonɡ to one of four ɡenders. The ɡender prefix is obliɡatory. The noun classes are summarised in the table below:
Hesperian nouns belonɡ to one of four ɡenders. The ɡender prefix is obliɡatory. The noun classes are summarised in the table below:
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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| Gender || Prefix ||Description
| Class || Prefix ||Description
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| Feminine || we- ||Female human beinɡs, supernatural entities
| I || we- ||Female human beinɡs, supernatural entities
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| Masculine || tu- ||Male human beinɡs, animals, dynamic natural phenomena
| II || tu- ||Male human beinɡs, animals, dynamic natural phenomena
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| Tanɡible|| ja- ||Tanɡible inanimate entities, body parts
| III|| ja- ||Tanɡible inanimate entities, body parts
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| Ethereal || hi- ||Intanɡible inanimate or abstract entities
| IV || hi- ||Intanɡible inanimate or abstract entities
|}
|}