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## Inflection types
### Numerus
#### Proposal 1
- two numeri: singular and plural - plural is formed by appending the affix -en - references: Reference: wor02:1, Reference: sko03:3, Reference: goe09:13, Reference: 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: roe04:14
#### 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) / -en (Reference: par11) - multi-syllable nouns that end in an unstressed syllable take the suffix -s - references: Reference: par06:5, Reference: par11:13
#### Proposal 4
- two numeri: singular and plural - plural is formed by adding the suffix -ar - references: Reference: cha07
#### Proposal 5
- two numeri: singular and plural - plural is formed by adding the suffix -e - references: Reference: rin17, Reference: 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: wor02:1, Reference: par06:6, Reference: 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: sko03:3
#### 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: Reference: roe04:14-15, Reference: 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 - 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)
