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Inflection types

Numerus

Proposal 1
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: 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 (par06) / -en (par11)
  • multi-syllable nouns that end in an unstressed syllable take the suffix -s
  • references: par06:5, par11:13
Proposal 4
  • two numeri: singular and plural
  • plural is formed by adding the suffix -ar
  • references: cha07
Proposal 5
  • two numeri: singular and plural
  • plural is formed by adding the suffix -e
  • for roots ending with open vowels (e.g. A, cf. section below), an option is to interfix a bridging H, i.e. -he
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?).

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: wor02:1, par06:6, 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: 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 roe04)
  • it can/must also be created by using af (of/from)
  • references: roe04:14-15, 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: cha07

Genus

(couldn't find any proposed grammar which uses genera so far)

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