Re: Agglutinating -> inflecting
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Monday, June 23, 2003, 21:04 |
JS Bangs scripsit:
> When counted with "two", "three", and "four", nouns of all genders take
> the genitive singular. However, adjectives agreeing with a masculine or
> neuter noun take the genitive *plural*, while adjectives agreeing with
> feminine nouns take the *nominative plural*.
This represents the historic dual, which has spread to 3 and 4 as well.
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