Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench: Difference between revisions
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''i, iin'' = island, islands | ''i, iin'' = island, islands | ||
''kiszø, kiszuth'' = | ''kiszø, kiszuth'' = cucumber, cucumbers | ||
''gøfø, gøfuth'' = corpse, corpses | ''gøfø, gøfuth'' = corpse, corpses | ||
'' | ''takkrith, takkriyuth'' = incident, incidents | ||
Cretan has lost grammatical gender and the construct state. The only remnant of the construct state is the -th- interfix used in possessive constructions between two nouns that end and begin with a vowel, respectively: e.g. | Cretan has lost grammatical gender and the construct state. The only remnant of the construct state is the -th- interfix used in possessive constructions between two nouns that end and begin with a vowel, respectively: e.g. | ||