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*Genitive: it's your standard genitive case
*Genitive: it's your standard genitive case
*Predicative: predicative
*Predicative: predicative
===Adjectives===
Adjectives may take the same case endings as nouns or take no ending. The latter is more common.
===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Verbs have stem forms for present, past and verbal noun which are not always distinct. They are often marked by auxiliaries.
Verbs have stem forms for present, past and verbal noun which are not always distinct. They are often marked by auxiliaries.

Revision as of 14:27, 1 July 2015

ei enswälzel! dullel meis!
O hearken-2PL.IMP hear-2PL.IMP now

tang lind maute bückne mungel,
Indeed 2PL.NOM here stationed come/PRES-2PL

Wieteþ Duzes duoɟ liß Klüten;
heaven-GEN grace-DAT PASS 2PL-ACC accomodation_as_guest-PL-ACC

ionem' ƕind benußet zungel,
just-like 1PL.NOM judge-INF act-2PL

Kuobs mes pepen, Ƕeikes miten.
poor-DAT this-DAT love-1PL-IMP neighbor-DAT give-1PL-IMP

mes enwünkel Gungs Gungs Sneis!
this-ACC consider-2PL hour hour-DAT always-DAT life-DAT

Notes

Nouns

Nouns have 5 cases:

  • Nominative: subject
  • Accusative: direct object
  • Dative: indirect object, adverbial expressions
  • Genitive: it's your standard genitive case
  • Predicative: predicative

Adjectives

Adjectives may take the same case endings as nouns or take no ending. The latter is more common.

Verbs

Verbs have stem forms for present, past and verbal noun which are not always distinct. They are often marked by auxiliaries.

Imperative endings
Singular Plural
1 - -n
2 -(t) -l


Present tense endings
Singular Plural
1 U-n -m(e)
2 -e -l
3.animate -n U-e
3.inanimate -s


Past tense endings
Singular Plural
1 -n -m(e)
2 -e -l
3.animate -n U-e
3.inanimate U-e