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Re: Bad Latin 101: The Double-Plural of Neuter Nouns

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Friday, February 2, 2001, 10:39
> -----Original Message----- > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On > Behalf Of Irina Rempt > Sent: Friday, 02 February, 2001 2:56 AM > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > Subject: Re: Bad Latin 101: The Double-Plural of Neuter Nouns
> In Valdyan you wouldn't notice the difference! Most collectives end > in -in or -i. Words that end in -in in the singular have the plural > in -in as well (okay, it's long 'i' in the plural but that > distinction has disappeared apart from a few dialects). No words end > in -i except names, and they don't usually have a plural at all.
Don't forget, in English you have nouns like "fish" and "sheep" which do not change in the plural. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com