diff --git a/src/content/nouns/jew-lady.png b/src/content/nouns/jew-lady.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2cadbe5 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/content/nouns/jew-lady.png differ diff --git a/src/content/nouns/nouns-unisex.mdx b/src/content/nouns/nouns-unisex.mdx index 128db44..3cec3eb 100644 --- a/src/content/nouns/nouns-unisex.mdx +++ b/src/content/nouns/nouns-unisex.mdx @@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ title: Unisex Nouns --- -import { InlinePs, defaultTextOptions as opts } from "@lingdocs/ps-react"; +import { InlinePs, Examples, defaultTextOptions as opts } from "@lingdocs/ps-react"; import Link from "../../components/Link"; import GenderTable from "../../components/GenderTable"; import { unisexNounGame } from "../../games/games"; import GameDisplay from "../../games/GameDisplay"; +import jewLady from "./jew-lady.png"; +import psmd from "../../lib/psmd"; There are many words for people and animals in Pashto that can be used in both masculine and feminine forms. @@ -228,3 +230,156 @@ See patt /> + +## Special Feminine Forms of Nouns + +Gender is very important in Pashto. But there are also a lot of loan words and other words that don't fit into these five patterns. In these cases, Pashto speakers have come up a bunch of interesting ways to make masculine nouns feminine. + +### The feminine ending ـڼه - úNa + +Some words add a on the end to make the noun into a feminine version + + + +Note: Many people also say . + +
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+ +[Here](https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=432951198248913&id=105566187654084) we can see this form being used to describe a Jewish woman. + + + {psmd([{ + p: "وروستۍ افغانه **یهودڼه** له هېواده ووته", + f: "wroostúy afgháana **yahoodúNa** la hewaada óowata", + e: "The last Afghan **(female) Jew** left the country", + }])} + + +Notice how the adjectives +and are both inflected in their plain, _female_ forms. + +### Changing the ending to ۍ - úy + +Long vowels at the ends of words can sometimes be changed to to make a noun feminine. + + \ No newline at end of file