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Title: Neuter Nouns, Adjectives, and Demonstratives


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Neuter Nouns, Adjectives, and Demonstratives
  • Czech 403

2
Strední rod
  • What are the most important parameters?
  • Hard vs. soft
  • Special types
  • baby animal declension
  • -í (mostly collectives and deverbals)

3
Tvrdé a mekké vzory
  • Hard stems can end in
  • b, d, f, g, h, ch, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, z
  • Hard a mesta
  • Hard e ve meste
  • Hard o mesto
  • Hard u mestu
  • Hard y mesty
  • Soft stems can end in
  • b, c, c, d, j, l, m, n, p, r, s, , t, v, z,
  • Soft e letite
  • Soft i na letiti
  • Soft e letite
  • Soft i letiti
  • Soft i letiti

4
The baby animal paradigm
  • Singluar Has et- infix in Gsg, Dsg, Lsg, Isg
    followed by soft forms
  • slune, slunete, sluneti, slune, slune, sluneti,
    slunetem
  • Plural Has at- infix followed by hard forms
  • slunata, slunat, slunatum, slunata, slunatech,
    slunaty
  • Can refer to inanimates, such as kote broom
  • Can refer to viriles, such as hrabe count,
    kníe prince

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í type
  • Sg endings
  • námestí
  • námestí
  • námestí
  • námestí
  • námestí
  • námestí
  • námestím
  • Pl endings
  • námestí
  • námestí
  • námestím
  • námestí
  • námestích
  • námestími

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Rules of thumb
  • Nsg, Asg and Vsg are always the same
  • mesto, letite, slune, námestí
  • Npl and Apl are always the same
  • mesta, letite, slunata, námestí
  • Dpl always ends in m
  • mestum, letitím, slunatum, námestím
  • Lpl always ends in ch
  • mestech, letitích, slunatech, námestích
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