# Content ## Inflection types ### Numerus #### Proposal 1 - two numeri: singular and plural - plural is formed by appending the affix **-en** - references: [Reference: wor02](?id=references:wor02):1, [Reference: sko03](?id=references:sko03):3, [Reference: goe09](?id=references:goe09):13, [Reference: sch12](?id=references:sch12):5 - polls: [How should plurals be formed? Hoe moet het meervoud worden gemaakt?](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/folkspraak/surveys?id=876662) #### Proposal 2 - two numeri: singular and plural - two possible ways of forming plurals - monosyllabic regular nouns and polysyllabic regular ones ending on **s**, **sch** or **z** - get the the ending **-e** for forming the plural - long vowels at the end of the stem become short - single consonants at the end of the stem become double ones - all other regular nouns get the the ending **-s** for forming the plural - some plurals are formed irregularly - references: [Reference: roe04](?id=references:roe04):14 #### Proposal 3 - two numeri: singular and plural - two possible ways of forming plurals - method of pluralisation is determined by the stress pattern - nouns that end in a stressed syllable (includes all single-syllable nouns) take the suffix **-e** ([Reference: par06](?id=references:par06)) / **-en** ([Reference: par11](?id=references:par11)) - multi-syllable nouns that end in an unstressed syllable take the suffix **-s** - references: [Reference: par06](?id=references:par06):5, [Reference: par11](?id=references:par11):13 #### Proposal 4 - two numeri: singular and plural - plural is formed by adding the suffix **-ar** - references: [Reference: cha07](?id=references:cha07) #### Proposal 5 - two numeri: singular and plural - plural is formed by adding the suffix **-e** - references: [Reference: rin17](?id=references:rin17), [Reference: mor20](?id=references:mor20) #### Proposal 6 - two numeri: singular and plural - plural is formed by adding the suffix **-er** - confusion with comparative adjectives can be avoided if roots are categorised #### Words ending in "A" It will have to be decided how to pluralise words that end with the letter A, assuming such words exist. If **-s** is the suffix, then it will just be **-as**; if **-en**, then **-an** or **-en** or **-aen** (pron. **ajn**?); if **-ar**, then **-ar** or **-aar**; and if **-e**, then **-e** or **-ae** (pron. **aj**?). Alternatively, a bridging J or H could be used, giving for example **-aje**, **-ahe**, **-ajer**, **-aher**. If the A-word is a foreign word, it could retain its native plural form - likewise with other foreign words - but this is almost a different topic. ### Kasus Remark: This section pertains to the nouns; the personal pronouns will probably have a different declension, with a nominative/oblique distinction being the strongest candidate. #### Proposal 1 - two kasūs: nominative and genitive - genitive is obtained by appending the affix **-s** to the nominativ-form, where the affix for the plural comes first - (in case the nominative already ends with an s, an apostrophe is used instead) - references: [Reference: wor02](?id=references:wor02):1, [Reference: par06](?id=references:par06):6, [Reference: goe09](?id=references:goe09):13 #### Proposal 2 - two kasūs: nominative and genitive - genitive is created by appending **-s** to the stem or **-'s** if the stem ends with and s, z or x - it can also be created by using the preposition **von** - references: [Reference: sko03](?id=references:sko03):3 #### Proposal 3 - two kasūs: nominative and genitive - genitive is created by appending **-s** to the stem (or **-'s** if the stem ends with a long stressed vowel in [[references:roe04|Reference: roe04]]) - it can/must also be created by using **af** (_of_ / _from_) - references: [Reference: roe04](?id=references:roe04):14-15, [Reference: par11](?id=references:par11):14 #### Proposal 4 - two kasūs: nominative and genitive - genitive is created by appending **-s** to the stem or **-es** if the stem ends with and s - references: [Reference: cha07](?id=references:cha07) - remark: if the plural ending is **-e** then the alternative form of the genitive singular could be **-ês** or **-as**. ### Genus (couldn't find any proposed grammar which uses genera so far)