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===Articles=== | ===Articles=== | ||
All articles are irregular from the standard determiner declension(below). | All articles are irregular from the standard determiner declension(below). | ||
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===Demonstratives=== | |||
The distal demonstrative features the standard determiner declension. The proximal is irregular and subject to change. | The distal demonstrative features the standard determiner declension. The proximal is irregular and subject to change. | ||
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==Grammar== | |||
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===Morphology=== | |||
====Nouns==== | |||
Nouns in Evonish are declined to indicate their grammatical role in the sentence. Their conjugation depends upon case, gender, and number. Gender is a special factor in Evonish; a word does not determine a gender, rather a selected gender determines a different word. For example, a stone in common gender may be an igneous rock while a stone in neuter may be a sedimentary rock. Possessive and genitive ''are'' not considered distinct cases. The plural genitive ending is used in compound words much like kennings in the Old English and Old Norse languages. | |||
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====Adjectives==== | |||
This section is a work in progress and subject to change. | |||
Certain adjectives decline only in an attributive position, they do not in a predicative position. Cf. [[w:German language|German]] ''die schwarze Magd'' vs ''die Magd ist schwarz''. Some adjectives undergo umlaut, such as old, ölder, and öldest. Furthermore, there are many common affixes which form adjectives, whose list will be availible in time. | |||
* Comparative: -err | |||
* Superlative: -est | |||
====Comparisons==== | |||
Comparative forms use the particle "ðann" followed by the noun(s) being compared to. <br> | |||
Depending on that noun's case will determine which noun is first making the comparison. <br> | |||
For example: "He jumped quicker than '''I'''" would yield "than I [jumped]" (in this example the compared noun is in the nominative). <br> | |||
"He jumped quicker than '''me'''" would yield "than [he jumped] me" (in this example the compared noun is in the accusative). | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||