In a message dated 1/12/2005 6:01:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, isaacp@UKR.NET
writes:
>> I suppose I could just be satisfied by maintaining case marking on the
>> article, and letting the -s on nouns just mark plural.
>I think that makes sense.
Come to think of it, there are also some Old French nouns that have a
different stem in the Nom sg. vs. other forms:
Nom sg li ber
obl sg le baron
nom pl. li baron
obl pl les barons
Perhaps Frankish could retain the stem alternation even though the -s comes
to mark plural only.
Doug