Comparative and superlative
Proposal 1
Proposal 2
- comparative is formed by appending the affix -re to the positive-stem
- superlative is formed by appending the affix -ste to the positive-stem
- references: cha07
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
- formed by using the bare attribute placed before the noun they refer to
- no declination according to the corresponding noun
- no kng-congruence
- may be used as nouns
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
Proposal 2
