Masculine Nouns, Adjectives, and Demonstratives

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Masculine Nouns, Adjectives, and Demonstratives

• Czech 403

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Muský rod

• What are the most important parameters?
• Hard vs. soft
• Animate vs. inanimate
• Virile vs. non-virile

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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 studenta
• Hard e na papíre
• Hard o hrdino
• Hard u ke stolu
• Hard y stoly

• Soft stems can end in
• b, c, c, d, j, l, m, n, p, r, s, , t, v, z,
• Soft e malíre
• Soft i v koi
• Soft e soudce
• Soft i ke koi
• Soft e koe

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ivotné a neivotné vzory

• ivotné
• DLsg
• -ovi
• Gsg
• -a
• Asg
• -a ( Gsg)
• Npl
• -i
• NB! dgtd, tgtt, ngtn, rgtr, kgtc, h/ggtz, chgt, skgtt,
  ckgtct

• Neivotné
• DLsg
• -u, -e
• Gsg
• -u, -a
• Asg
• -Ø ( Nsg)
• Npl
• -y

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Virile vs. non-virile

• Virile
• a/-e
• Hard turista, hrdina
• Sg like fem a, except DLsg ovi
• Pl like masc anim, but Npl é, -ové
• Soft soudce, zachránce
• Like hard, except Npl -i

• Non-virile
• -Ø

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Two rules of thumb

• Gpl is always
• u
• Dpl is always
• -um