Mirandese/Grammar

Nouns

Grammatical Gender

There are only two grammatical genders: masculine and feminine.

• Most masculine nouns end in «o», «e» or a consonant.
  • nino<n><m> ↔ nino
  • home<n><m> ↔ home
  • fator<n><m> ↔ fator

• Most feminine nouns end in «a», «e».
  • boda<n><f> ↔ boda
  • arble<n><f> ↔ arble

Plurals

In Mirandese, plural morphology on nouns denote that there is more than one of something.

There are only two numbers in Mirandese, singular and plural.

• Nouns ending in a vowel take the suffix «s».
  • nome<n><m><pl> ↔ nomes
  • gato<n><m><pl> ↔ gatos

• Nouns ending in a consonant take the suffix «es».
  • cumputador<n><m><pl> ↔ cumputadores
  • papel<n><m><pl> ↔ papeles

• Nouns ending in a cedilla take the suffix «zes».
  • beç<n><m><pl> ↔ bezes
  • paíç<n><m><pl> ↔ paízes

Adjectives

Adjectives agree with nouns in number and grammatical gender.

• • buono<adj><pl> ↔ buonos
  • negro<adj><f> ↔ negra
  • rápido<adj><f><pl> ↔ rápidas