Thread: What other languages have declensions?

Originally Posted by kt_81

Originally Posted by pisces

German does have cases and declension.
...
Adjectives are also declined, there are 3 types of declension depending on the context (Russian has only one).

Just curious - what do you mean?

I mean without article, with definite article, and after possesive pronouns or indefinite article. These are the contexts.
(schwache Deklination, starke Deklination und gemischte Deklination)
In German, as I understand, it's basically only one member of the "noun group" that carries full gender and case information. I.e. "der schwarze Hund", not "der schwarzer Hund". In Russian, everything attached to the noun (and the noun itself) is declined the same way according only to case and gender of the noun.

Another language that declines alot is Basque. 17 cases! I think I would die

Originally Posted by Sparky

Another language that declines alot is Basque. 17 cases! I think I would die

Tabasaranish (Dagestan) has 48 cases.

Originally Posted by Sparky

Another language that declines alot is Basque. 17 cases! I think I would die

Uralic languages have many cases:
* Erzya: 12 cases
* Estonian: 14 cases
* Finnish: 15 cases (or more)
* Hungarian: 18 cases (and some more case-like suffixes)
* Inari Sami: 9 cases
* Komi: 27 cases
* Moksha: 13 cases
* Nenets: 7 cases
* North Sami: 7 cases
* Udmurt: 16 cases
* Veps: 24 cases
(from Wikipedia).
But, AFAIK, cases in these languages are relatively simple (one or a few suffices for each case).

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by Sparky

Another language that declines alot is Basque. 17 cases! I think I would die

Tabasaranish (Dagestan) has 48 cases.

There you go

Originally Posted by pisces

Originally Posted by kt_81

Originally Posted by pisces

German does have cases and declension.
...
Adjectives are also declined, there are 3 types of declension depending on the context (Russian has only one).

Just curious - what do you mean?

I mean without article, with definite article, and after possesive pronouns or indefinite article. These are the contexts.
(schwache Deklination, starke Deklination und gemischte Deklination)
In German, as I understand, it's basically only one member of the "noun group" that carries full gender and case information. I.e. "der schwarze Hund", not "der schwarzer Hund".

Ahh, OK, now it's clear. I've never learned it that way. I, basically, know what is right but not exactly why it is.

Originally Posted by Alware

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by Sparky

Another language that declines alot is Basque. 17 cases! I think I would die

Tabasaranish (Dagestan) has 48 cases.

There you go

Не поняла.

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by Alware

Originally Posted by "Оля":o0g5rqsr

Originally Posted by Sparky

Another language that declines alot is Basque. 17 cases! I think I would die

Tabasaranish (Dagestan) has 48 cases.

There you go

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I mean - who did count? I personally heard of fifty two

Originally Posted by Alware

I mean - who did count?

Philologists. Anyway there are more then 40 cases in this language.
One can hear about 46, 48, 52 or 64 (etc) ones. That's not the fact of the matter.

Originally Posted by Оля

That's not the fact of the matter.

Sure.

That's the matter of fact.