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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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