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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
=== | === Nouns and 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) | |||
==== 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. | |||
=== | === Adjectives and Adverbs === | ||
==== | ==== Adjectives ==== | ||
These 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 | |||
==== Verbs | ==== Adverbs ==== | ||
=== Verbs === | |||
Finite verbs inflect for number, but not for person. There is a distinction between verbs of singular subject and of plural subjects. The present plural of verbs is identical to the infinitive. There are some irregular verbs and these have further distinctions in form which are likewise distinguished by number. | Finite verbs inflect for number, but not for person. There is a distinction between verbs of singular subject and of plural subjects. The present plural of verbs is identical to the infinitive. There are some irregular verbs and these have further distinctions in form which are likewise distinguished by number. | ||