Hand-book of Volapük/23

by Charles E. Sprague

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

-

-a

-e

-i

nom.

pos.

dat.

obj.

who?

whose?

to whom?

whom.

3.

Gender Prefixes

ji-

om-

fem.

mas.

Gender Ending

-os

neu.

4.

Adjectiv Endings

-ik

-id

-um

-ün

comp.

sup.

5.

Adverb Endings

-o

-na

-umo

-üno

6.

Person Endings

-ob

-ol

-om

-of

-os

-on

m.

f.

n.

indef.

1

2

-

3

-

7.

Tense Arguments

Activ

-

ä-

e-

i-

o-

u-

Passiv

pa-

pä-

pe-

pi-

po-

pu-

pres.

imp.

per.

plup.

fut.

fut per.

does

did

has

had

will

will have

Freq. Activ

ai-

äi-

ei-

ii-

oi-

ui-

Passiv

pai-

päi-

pei-

pii-

poi-

pui-

Gerundiv Arguments

ö-

pö-

act.

pas.

8.

Mood Endings

-öl

-ön

-öd

-ös

-öz

(-öx)

-öv

-la

-li

-ok

part

inf.

imp.

pot.

cond.

conj.

interrog.

ref.

9.

Preposition Ending

ü

10.

Interjection Ending

ö