Re: Inflections vs. Words [was Re: List of basic roots]

>CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >How many is alot?   I'm also interested to see which concepts many
> >conlangers
> >chosen to make inflections, because I'm renovating my list of inflections
> >at
> >the moment.
Gweinic, at its most historically primitve/ grammatically elaborate
inflects nouns and verbs.
Nouns:
Numbers: singular, dual, and plural
Cases: nominative(nominative-agentive-vocative), genitive
(genitive-possessive-partitive), dative (dative-benefactive-indirect
objective), locative (both temporal and spatial), accusative
(accusative-patientive), and instrumental.
Pronouns:
Numbers: singular, dual, and plural
Persons: first, second, third animate, third inanimate, third generalized
('one does')
Cases: nominative(nominative-agentive-vocative), genitive
(genitive-possessive-partitive), dative (dative-benefactive-indirect
objective), locative (both temporal and spatial), accusative
(accusative-patientive), and instrumental.
Verbs:
Numbers:singular and plural
Tenses: present (habitual), imperfect (habitual-continuative), future
(certainty), perfect (completive-aorist), pluperfect, future perfect
('prophetic' or 'monetary' form).
Moods: indicative, subjunctive/imperative
Voice: active, animate passive, inanimate passive
Persons: First, second, third.
Participles:
Numbers: singular, dual, and plural
Tenses, Genders, and Voices: animate and inanimate present active, animate
and inanimate perfect passive
animate passive, inanimate passive
Adjectives are declined as nouns.
In its descendant Early Lahabic, the dual and plural forms become dual
(habitually dual-insignificant) and plural (general-significant (including
significant dual) and the instrumental vanishes.

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