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{{Infobox language | |||
| name = Vinnish | |||
| nativename = | |||
| creator = [[User:Shinobhi|Shinobhi]] | |||
| state = Commonwealth of Vinland | |||
| familycolor = Indo-European | |||
| fam1 = Indo-European | |||
| fam2 = Germanic | |||
| fam3 = North Germanic | |||
| dia1 = <!--these are for dialects--> | |||
| agency = | |||
| minority = | |||
| nation = | |||
}} | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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====Weak Adjectives==== | ====Weak Adjectives==== | ||
Weak adjectives are formed by adding an ending of -e to the stem of the adjective. They are used with definite nouns and nouns modified by a demonstrative. | Weak adjectives are formed by adding an ending of -e to the stem of the adjective, and do not change form for case or number in Modern Vinnish. They are used with definite nouns and nouns modified by a demonstrative. | ||
In more archaic texts in Vinnish, a naturally or semantically masculine noun can optionally take the ending -i in the nominative singular case. In all other cases of the noun, the ending -e is used. | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
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====Weak Verbs==== | ====Weak Verbs==== | ||
Weak verbs are characterized by their usage of a dental consonant to form their past stem. | Weak verbs are characterized by their usage of a dental consonant to form their past stem. This dental consonant can be either -d, -ð, or -t. Which consonant is used is not always readily predictable for a weak verb, and so must simply be memorized along with the verb; however, the majority of Vinnish verbs use -ð. | ||
The below table shows the basic inflection pattern for a weak verb. Note that the symbol "D" refers to the dental consonant used. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! !! Singular !! Plural | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="3" | Present | |||
|- | |||
| 1st || -i || (u)-em | |||
|- | |||
| 2nd ||! rowspan="2"| -ar || -ið | |||
|- | |||
| 3rd || -e | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="3" | Past | |||
|- | |||
| 1st || -De || (u)-Dem | |||
|- | |||
| 2nd || -Dar || (u)-Deð | |||
|- | |||
| 3rd || -Di || (u)-De | |||
|} | |||
====Strong Verbs==== | |||
Strong verbs show tense via a change in the stem vowel. There are seven classes of strong verbs in Vinnish, each characterized by a different alternation pattern. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||