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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Ponish grammar is almost typical of the grammar of Germanic languages in general. Nouns are conjucate by cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive). Unlike Old Ponish, Ponish does not have gender. | |||
Examples: | |||
Declension paradigm in Ponish: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! Number | |||
! Case | |||
! a-stem | |||
! u-stem | |||
! o-stem | |||
! i-stem | |||
! r-stem | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=3| Singular | |||
! {{small|nom.}} | |||
| dag | |||
| luft | |||
| raid | |||
| saiw | |||
| brooþer | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|acc.}} | |||
| dag | |||
| luft | |||
| raida | |||
| saiw | |||
| brooþar | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|gen.}} | |||
| dagas | |||
| lofto | |||
| raid | |||
| saiw | |||
| brooþur | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=3| Plural | |||
! {{small|nom.}} | |||
| daga | |||
| liftiw | |||
| raida | |||
| saiwi | |||
| brooþar | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|acc.}} | |||
| daga | |||
| luftu | |||
| raida | |||
| saiwi | |||
| brooþar | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|gen.}} | |||
| daga | |||
| liftiwa | |||
| raida | |||
| saiwja | |||
| brooþra | |||
|} | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Ponish does not have an official in-universe orthography, For Equestria is not on Earth, therfore it is unlikely it uses Latin or a version of [[w:Rune|Germanic Runes]]. Any version of conscripts within Equestria are mostly inconsistant<ref>the ''Alphabet of the Unicorns''is an insctance which was introuced in the start of the show, way before [[Old Ponish]] was introduced in season 7, aroun this time it was assumed Ponish was ''a priori '' https://mlpforums.com/topic/45522-alphabet-of-the-unicorns/</ref>. For meta purposes, the Ponish language uses a modified version of the Latin alphabet. | Ponish does not have an official in-universe orthography, For Equestria is not on Earth, therfore it is unlikely it uses Latin or a version of [[w:Rune|Germanic Runes]]. Any version of conscripts within Equestria are mostly inconsistant<ref>the ''Alphabet of the Unicorns''is an insctance which was introuced in the start of the show, way before [[Old Ponish]] was introduced in season 7, aroun this time it was assumed Ponish was ''a priori '' https://mlpforums.com/topic/45522-alphabet-of-the-unicorns/</ref>. For meta purposes, the Ponish language uses a modified version of the Latin alphabet. | ||