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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
The grammar of Frenkisch is lightly inflected, having complex features that are typical to most Germanic languages. | |||
=== 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). For example '''dou''' (subjective), '''di''' (objective), '''dyn''' (possessive). | 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). For example '''dou''' (subjective), '''di''' (objective), '''dyn''' (possessive). | ||
===== 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. Singular: '''delfin'''. Plural: '''delfinen'''. Singular: '''leider'''. Plural: '''leiders'''. | ||
=== Adjectives and Adverbs === | === Adjectives and Adverbs === | ||