Comparative and superlative
Proposal 1
comparative is formed by appending the affix
-er- to the positive-stem or by using the word for
more (
mër in
sch12) in front of the positive
superlative is formed by appending the affix
-est- to the positive-stem or by using the word for
most (
mëst in
sch12) in front of the positive
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Proposal 2
Proposal 3
comparative is formed by suffixing -ere to the positive stem
superlative is formed by suffixing -est to the positive stem
This would allow the suffix -er to serve as the plural without conflict, e.g. de grot, de grotere, de grotest (singular) and de groter, de groterer, de grotester (plural).
Negatives
It needs to be decided how to implement negative comparatives and superlatives (English “less”, “least”; Esperanto “malpli”, “malplej”). The obvious way is by means of adverbial particles, e.g. minder and minst, acting like detached prefixes.
With Participles
Are the comparative and superlative endings used with participles? If not, the alternative is (presumably) to use “more” and “most”, e.g. “more interesting” and “most interesting” (rather than “interestinger” and “interestingest”).
Adjectives
Proposal 1
Abstract nouns
A question for the adjectives is whether they should have their abstract nouns derived from them (e.g. ugly and ugliness) or be derived from their abstract nouns (e.g. beauty and beautiful). The simplest approach would be to always derive the abstract noun with the -heid-suffix but an alternative would be to follow the trends of the source languages. This would make Folkspraak more naturalistic at the cost of slightly reduced regularity.
Adverbs
Proposal 1
attributive adverbs are formed by appending the affix -lik- to the attribute similar to -ly in English
there are a couple of natural non-attributive adverbs like the words for here, there, then, always
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Proposal 2