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All Ladino nouns and adjectives have gender - however, their gender may differ based on origin. Words of Hispanic origin tend to have the same -o as the primary masculine marker and -a as the primary feminine marker <ref name="jewlang">Kahn, Lily, and Aaron D. Rubin. Handbook of Jewish Languages. , 2016. Internet resource.</ref>: | All Ladino nouns and adjectives have gender - however, their gender may differ based on origin. Words of Hispanic origin tend to have the same -o as the primary masculine marker and -a as the primary feminine marker <ref name="jewlang">Kahn, Lily, and Aaron D. Rubin. Handbook of Jewish Languages. , 2016. Internet resource.</ref>: | ||
| − | * | + | * {{morphTest|ermano{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|m}}|ermano}} (brother) |
| + | * {{morphTest|kaza{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|f}}|kaza}} (house) | ||
Nouns ending in the suffix -or tend to be feminine as well: | Nouns ending in the suffix -or tend to be feminine as well: | ||
* {{morphTest|kolor{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|f}}|kolor}} (color) | * {{morphTest|kolor{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|f}}|kolor}} (color) | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 4 March 2021
Contents
Parts of Speech
Nouns
- kolor<n><sg><f> ↔ kolor (color)
- tokea<n><sg><m> ↔ tokea (blower of the ram's horn)
- kavané<n><sg><f> ↔ kavané (coffeehouse)
Adjectives
Grammar Points
Gender of Articles for Nouns
All Ladino nouns and adjectives have gender - however, their gender may differ based on origin. Words of Hispanic origin tend to have the same -o as the primary masculine marker and -a as the primary feminine marker [1]:
- ermano<n><sg><m> ↔ ermano (brother)
- kaza<n><sg><f> ↔ kaza (house)
Nouns ending in the suffix -or tend to be feminine as well:
- kolor<n><sg><f> ↔ kolor (color)
- dolor<n><sg><f> ↔ kolor (pain)
- kalor<n><sg><f> ↔ kolor (heat)
Notes
- ↑ Kahn, Lily, and Aaron D. Rubin. Handbook of Jewish Languages. , 2016. Internet resource.
