Nouns & Articles

3.1 Nouns have no grammatical gender

A noun does not need a masculine or feminine classification.

For example, in English, “table” and “book” are not grammatically masculine or feminine. Čago follows this general principle for all nouns.

This does not prevent pronouns from having optional gender-specific alternatives.

3.2 Making nouns plural

The standard plural ending is -s.

Nouns remain plural after numbers greater than one. We should not create a special exception for numbered nouns.

The exact spelling of a plural will depend on the noun itself, once we create the vocabulary.

3.3 Articles

An article is a small word placed with a noun.

English has:

Definite article: “the”, used for something specific.

Indefinite article: “a” or “an”, used for something nonspecific.

Čago will have one universal definite article and one universal indefinite article. Their actual forms have not been officially settled, so this page leaves them unnamed.

3.4 Grammatical cases

Čago will have a small number of cases. A case is a grammatical marker that helps show what role a noun plays in a sentence.

The exact cases and their endings are still undecided. We should choose them before finalising how cases work with questions and other sentence patterns.