Hand-book of Volapük/Synopsis of Inflection


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
-
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.
-
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

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