Hand-book of Volapük/Synopsis of Inflection

by Charles E. Sprague

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SYNOPSIS OF THE VOLAPÜK INFLECTION. The changes of form which words may take are all contained in the following table:

1. Plural Ending-s

2. Case Endings—
nom.
who?-a
pos.
whose?-e
dat.
to whom?-i
obj.
whom.

3. Gender Prefixesji-
fem.om-
mas.

Gender Ending-os
neu.

4. Adjectiv Endings-ik-id

5. Adverb Endings-o-na-um
comp.-ün
sup.
-umo-üno Degrees.

6. Person Endings-ob

1-ol

2-om
m.-of
f.-os
n.-on
indef.
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7. Tense Augments

Activ	—	ä-	e-	i-	o-	u-
Passiv	pa- pres. does	pä- imp. did	pe- per. has	pi- plup. had	po- fut. will	pu- fut. per. will have
Freq. Activ	ai-	äi-	ei-	ii-	oi-	ui-
Passiv	pai-	päi-	pei-	pii-	poi-	pui-
Gerundiv Augments	ö- act.pö- pas.

8. Mood Endings
-öl
part.-ön
inf.-öd-ös-öz
imp.-(öx)
pot.-öv
cond.-la
conj.-li
interrog.-ok
refl.

9. Preposition Endingü

10. Interjection Endingö