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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 --a-e-i
nom. pos. dat. obj.
who? whose? to whom? whom.
3.Gender Prefixes ji- om-
fem. mas.
Gender Ending -os
neu.
4.Adjectiv Endings -ik-id
-um -ün
comp. sup.
5.Adverb Endings -o -na
-umo -üno
6.Person Endings -ob -ol -om -of -os -on
m. f. n. indef.
1 2 - 3 -
7.Tense Arguments
Activ - ä- e- i- o- u-
Passiv pa- pä- pe- pi- po- pu-
pres. imp. per. plup. fut. fut per.
does did has had will will have
Freq. Activ ai- äi- ei- ii- oi- ui-
Passiv pai- päi- pei- pii- poi- pui-
Gerundiv Arguments ö- pö-
act. pas.
8.Mood Endings -öl -ön -öd -ös -öz (-öx) -öv -la -li -ok
part inf. imp. pot. cond. conj. interrog. ref.
9.Preposition Ending ü
10.Interjection Ending ö