Nouns
Nouns are not marked for grammatical gender, although they are marked for number. Natural gender is usually distinguished by a change of word, like English, e.g. мурғ (murgh) 'fowl' and хурӯс (khurūs) 'rooster'. Alternatively the modifiers 'нар' (nar) for male or 'мода' (moda) for female can be pre or post-posed to the noun, e.g. хар-и нар (khar-i nar) 'male donkey' and хар-и мода (khar-i moda) 'female donkey'.
The article does not exist, although the definite direct object is marked by a suffix, -ро (-ro). The use of this suffix is mandatory when a previously referenced object is being talked about.
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ин китобро хондам in kitob-ro khondam this book read-I
- "I read this book"
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китоб хондам kitob khondam book read-I
- "I read a book"
Nouns may exhibit several suffixes. Of these suffixes, the plural marker is found first, followed by any possessive markers followed by the direct object marker. For example in the following noun:
- китобҳоятонро
- kitobhoyatonro
This may be understood as ] ] ], translation: "your (pl.) books"
Read more about this topic: Tajik Grammar
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