Hey Christophe, it seems that feminine nouns, even with articles, mostly
don't distinguish the numbers in pronunciation. Or am I wrong? Does <-es>
differ from <-e>? And what about feminines having no silent <e>-ending?
Basilius
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:36:09 +0200, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:
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>The definite article:
>It corresponds roughly to "the" and agrees in gender and number with
>the noun it completes:
>masculine singular: e /@/
>feminine singular: a /a/
>masculine plural: ès /E/
>feminine plural: as /a/
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>The indefinite article:
>It corresponds to "a", but exists as well in the singular as in the
plural:
>masculine singular: um /9~/
>feminine singular: une /yn/
>masculine plural: ums /9~/
>feminine plural: unes /yn/
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>Plural is generally formed by adding -s (not pronounced except in case of
>liaison).
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