Declension of Nouns and Adjectives
Nouns
and adjectives decline with case and number. The adjective always
matches the noun that it is modifying. There are two case endings
used with the four major cases: nominative/genitive, and
accusative/dative. There are two numbers, as with verbs.
The
following table declines the nouns adom, adan, and efda
(man, woman, and child), in order to show all three words in their
cases and numbers. The plural ending for words ending with a vowel is
-r, and for words ending with a consonant the ending is -er. The
exception to this rule is words ending with the letter r – in this
case, the plural ending is a long trilled double-r.
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Nominative,
Genitive
|
adom,
adan, efda
-
|
adomer,
adaner, efdar
-er
[-r]
|
Accusative,
Dative
|
adoma,
adana, efdo
-a
[-o]
|
adomern,
adanern, efdarn
-ern
[-rn]
|
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