Gender Inflection
Only the animated nouns (human beings and animals) have gender inflection. Ex.:
- inglês / inglésa “Englishman / Englishwoman”
- pôrcu / pórca “pig (male) / pig (female)”
In some cases the distinction between sexes is made putting the adjectives mátchu “male” and fémia “female” after the nouns. Ex.:
- fídju-mátchu / fídju-fémia “son / daughter”
- catchôrr’-mátchu / catchôrr’-fémia “dog (male) / dog (female)”
Read more about this topic: Maio Creole, Grammar, Nouns
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