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Buerkáns morphology is rather simple, and lies somewhere between German and Danish. There are two genders, Common and Neutral, and verbs do not conjugate for person. There are however, three cases for noun declension. Unlike German, Buerkáns is a very regular language. | Buerkáns morphology is rather simple, and lies somewhere between German and Danish. There are two genders, Common and Neutral, and verbs do not conjugate for person. There are however, three cases for noun declension. Unlike German, Buerkáns is a very regular language. | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Nouns in Buerkáns are only marked for number and definiteness, as is other Germanic languages. Here is a table displaying the different forms most Buerkáns nouns can take: | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!'''Singular''' | |||
!'''Indefinite Plural''' | |||
!'''Definite''' | |||
!'''Definite Plural''' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" | '''''common:''''' | |||
|- | |||
|métj | |||
|métjes | |||
|de métj | |||
|dí métjes | |||
|- | |||
|girl | |||
|girls | |||
|the girl | |||
|the girls | |||
|- | |||
|knaag | |||
|knaags | |||
|de knaag | |||
|dí knaags | |||
|- | |||
|boy | |||
|boys | |||
|the boy | |||
|the boys | |||
|- | |||
|hoond | |||
|hoonde | |||
|de hoond | |||
|dí hoonde | |||
|- | |||
|dog | |||
|dogs | |||
|the dog | |||
|the dogs | |||
|- | |||
|riugsak | |||
|riugsakke | |||
|de riugsak | |||
|dí riugsakke | |||
|- | |||
|backpack | |||
|backpacks | |||
|the backpack | |||
|the backpacks | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" | '''''neuter:''''' | |||
|- | |||
|huus | |||
|huuser | |||
|det huus | |||
|dí huuser | |||
|- | |||
|house | |||
|houses | |||
|the house | |||
|the houses | |||
|- | |||
|áppel | |||
|áppeler | |||
|det áppel | |||
|dí áppeler | |||
|- | |||
|apple | |||
|apples | |||
|the apple | |||
|the apples | |||
|- | |||
|ár | |||
|ár | |||
|de ár | |||
|dí ár | |||
|} | |||
As shown above, there are 3 different ways to express plurality in Buerkáns. The first two are by suffixing ''-s'' or ''-e'' to words of the common gender. There is no pattern for this, some words recieve the 'e-plural' while others receive the 's-plural'. However, most common gender words are made plural by the addition of '-s'. In the neuter gender, the plural marker is always '-er'. | |||
When using the '-e' suffix, word-final consonant doubling sometimes happens, as shown in ''riugsak'' --> ''riugsa'''kk'''e''. | |||
This happens for all plosive consonants: | |||
* ''riugsakk'' - ''riugsakke'' - backpacks | |||
* ''uer'' - ''uere'' - clocks | |||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||