Grammar

11 pages · 274 words

1.

Noun Case

Nouns come in 4 cases, Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive: Nominative--osAccusative--osDative-e-umGenitive-es-a

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2.

Gender

Nouns come in 3 genders, masculine, feminine and neuter. This alters article, demonstratives and adjectives. There is no…

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3.

Possession

To indicate possession, the possessee comes first in the genitive case, then the possessor. e.g: 'hūses man' - person's…

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4.

Noun phrase word order

Determiner - Demonstrative - Quantifier - Adjective - Preposition - Head However, prepositions come before the head if t…

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5.

Plurals

Usually, plurals are made in the case table (see: ), however if the noun is a natural thing or animal (associated with n…

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6.

Noun smashing

Nouns can come together to make a new meaning, e.g: water (Water) + burx (Fort) = waterburx (Waterfort) Gender is taken…

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Adjective declension

Adjectives are either weak or strong, they are strong unless a determiner is in the noun phrase. Case and gender is take…

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8.

Adjective degree

These example use the adjective 'kræftig' meaning skilled: Kraftigra - More skilled Māra kræftig - More skilled Kraftigo…

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Noun to adjective

A noun put in the genitive case can become an adjective: e.g: Trēo (wood, tree) can turn into Trēoes (wooden)

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Definite article

MasculineFeminineNeuterPluralNominativetetēoþatþjaAccusativeþonþāþatþjaDativeþēmþereþanþeraGenitiveþesþereþesþēm

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Proximal demonstrative

MasculineþeseFeminineþiusNeuterþitPluralþas

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