Gender Prefixes and Gender Agreement

Some verbs, a few adjectives, and some postpositions agree in gender with the noun or pronoun which is subject or direct object of the verb, modified by the adjective, or object of the postposition.Gender is marked by prefixation.There are four gender markers:v-, j-, b-, and d-. Gender of personal pronouns reflects the sex of the referent, and is based on person in the plural.

	Word	Meaning	Singular	Plural
	vasha	brother	v	b
	jisha	sister	j	b
	neca	moth	b	d
	mox	wind	b	b
	kor	window	d	d
	gezga	spider	j	j
	so	I	v, j	(v = masculine,
	i, iza	he, she	v, j	j = feminine)
	txo	we		d
	shu	you		d
	ysh	they		b

Examples of intransitive and transitive verbs in short phrases with the four gender prefixes:

	Muusaa voedu	Муса воьду	Musa goes
	Peet'amat joedu	Пет1амат йоьду	Fatima goes
	Beer doedu	Бер доьду	a child goes
	Jiatt boedu	Етт боьду	a cow goes
	Muusaa veuzira	Муса вевзира	(he/she) recognized Musa
	Peet'amat jeuzira	Пет1амат евзира	(") recognized Fatima
	beer deuzira	бер девзира	(") recognized the child
	jiatt beuzira	етт бевзира	(") recognized the cow