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Adverbs degree of comparison as adjectives

Numeral

Cardinal – had the categories of Gender and Case. All the other cardinal numerals were unchangeable.

Ordinal– were unchangeable.

gender- 3

Verb- synthetical.

types of declention:strong, weak, minor

Categories: number- Singular (Sg) and Plural, person – 3

tense: past, present

mood: Indicative (real), subjunctive (desire, condition, obligation, supposition, doubt, unreality)

Imperative(order, request)

nonfinite:Infinitive- case: Nominative, Dative.

Participle 1

number 2, gender 3, declention: like strong adjective: active meaning, simultaneous

Participle 2- declention2, gender 3.

The relationship among words in a sentence was determined not by the order of the words in a sentence, but by the special endings of the words that determined which nouns were the subject, direct object, or indirect object; whether the nouns and verbs were singular or plural; whether the nouns were masculine, feminine, or neuter;

3. Grammatical categories of the Noun in Old English, Middle English and New English periods.

Old English:

Category of gender: 3 (masculine, feminine, neuter)

Category of number: 2 (singular, plural)

Category of case: 4 (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative)

Types of declension: strong, weak, root, minor.

Middle English:

Category of gender: -

Category of number: 2 (singular, plural)

Category of case: 2 (Nominative, Genitive)

Types of declension: strong, weak.

New English:

two numbers: singular and plural

two case forms: the common case and the genitive case

three genders: masculine, feminine, neuter

Grammatical categories of the Verb in Old English, Middle English and New English periods.

Old English:

Syntheticall

3 types: strong, weak, minor.

Categories:

- number: 2

- person: 3

- mood: indicative (real), subjunctive (desire, condition, obligation, doubt), imperative (order, request).

Tense: past, present.

Non-finite:

Indicative: case (Nominative, Dative)

Participle I:

- number: 2

- person: 3

- declension – like strong adjectives, active meaning, simultaneous.

Participle II:

- declension: 2

- gender: 3

Middle English:

Analitical

3 types: strong, weak, minor.

Categories:

- number: 2

- person: 3

- mood: indicative (real), subjunctive (desire, condition, obligation, doubt), imperative (order, request).

Tense: past, present., future (shall/will), Past Perfect (have to + Participle II), gerund.

Non-finite:

Indicative:

- case: -

- acquire “to”

Participle I:

- number: 2

- gender: -

- declension: -

- active meaning, expressive process.

Participle II:

- declension: -

- gender: -

New English:

Grammatical categories:

person: 1st, 2nd ,3rd

number: Singular, Plural

tense: present, past, future

aspect(âèä): simple, progressive, perfect, perfect-progressive

voice (ñòàí): active, passive

mood: indicative, Imperative, subjunctive

The Non-finite Forms of the Verb:

The Participle (Present - I, Past - II)



The Gerund

The Infinitive

Main historical events of Old English and Middle English periods and their linguistic consequences.


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