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== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==
=== 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)
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 ====
===== 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.  


=== Adjectives and Adverbs ===
=== Adjectives and Adverbs ===
==== Adjectives ====
===== 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
Adjectives 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
==== Adverbs ====
===== Adverbs =====
Adjectives can be used freely as adverbs without further modification. When it is desirably for clarity to distinguish them, an adjective can be converted unambiguously into an adverb by adding a '''-wis''' suffix.
 


=== Verbs ===
=== Verbs ===
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