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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
=== Nouns and Pronouns === | === Nouns and Pronouns === | ||
==== Pronouns ==== | ===== Pronouns ===== | ||
Personal pronouns have forms for singular and plural; first, second and third person, and third person singular pronouns also have feminine, masculine or neuter gender. Personal pronouns have three cases; subjective, objective (a merge of accusative and dative) and possessive (genitive) | Personal pronouns have forms for singular and plural; first, second and third person, and third person singular pronouns also have feminine, masculine or neuter gender. Personal pronouns have three cases; subjective, objective (a merge of accusative and dative) and possessive (genitive) | ||
==== Nouns ==== | ===== Nouns ===== | ||
There is no inflection for case and nouns have no grammatical gender. Nouns form the plural by adding either a -en or a -s suffix -- depending on the stress pattern of the stem. | There is no inflection for case and nouns have no grammatical gender. Nouns form the plural by adding either a '''-en''' or a '''-s''' suffix -- depending on the stress pattern of the stem. | ||
=== Adjectives and Adverbs === | === Adjectives and Adverbs === | ||
==== Adjectives ==== | ===== Adjectives ===== | ||
Adjectives do not inflect for number, case or gender. The comparative and superlative are formed by adding '''-er''' and '''-est''' to the stem. There are a small number of irregular adjectives that form the superlative and comparative differently | |||
==== Adverbs ==== | ===== Adverbs ===== | ||
Adjectives can be used freely as adverbs without further modification. When it is desirably for clarity to distinguish them, an adjective can be converted unambiguously into an adverb by adding a '''-wis''' suffix. | |||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||