Editing Friulian language (section)

=== Nouns ===
In Friulian as in other [[Romance languages]], [[noun]]s are either [[grammatical gender|masculine or feminine]] (for example, "''il mûr''" ("the wall", masculine), "''la cjadree''" ("the chair", feminine).

==== Feminine ====
Most feminine nouns end in ''-e'', which is pronounced, unlike in Standard French:

* ''cjase'' = house (from Latin "casa, -ae" hut)
* ''lune'' = moon (from Latin "luna, -ae")
* ''scuele'' = school (from Latin "schola, -ae")

Some feminine nouns, however, end in a consonant, including those ending in ''-zion'', which are from [[Latin]].
* ''man'' = hand (from Latin "manŭs, -ūs" f)
* ''lezion'' = lesson (from Latin "lectio, -nis" f

Note that in some Friulian dialects the -e feminine ending is actually an -a or an -o, which characterize the dialect area of the language and are referred to as ''a/o-ending dialects'' (e.g. {{lang|fur|cjase}} is spelled as {{lang|fur|cjaso}} or {{lang|fur|cjasa -}} the latter being the oldest form of the feminine ending).

==== Masculine ====
Most masculine nouns end either in a consonant or in ''-i''.
* ''cjan'' = dog
* ''gjat'' = cat
* ''fradi'' = brother
* ''libri'' = book

A few masculine nouns end in ''-e'', including ''sisteme'' (system) and ''probleme'' (problem). They are usually words coming from [[Ancient Greek]]. However, because most masculine nouns end in a consonant, it is common to find the forms ''sistem'' and ''problem'' instead, more often in print than in speech.

There are also a number of masculine nouns borrowed intact from [[Italian language|Italian]], with a final ''-o'', like ''treno'' (train). Many of the words have been fully absorbed into the language and even form their plurals with the regular Friulian ''-s'' rather than the Italian [[desinence]] changing. Still, there are some purists, including those influential in Friulian publishing, who frown on such words and insist that the "proper" Friulian terms should be without the final ''-o''. Despite the fact that one almost always hears ''treno'', it is almost always written ''tren''.