< Folksprak < Grammar
Plural
Nouns have their basic form and a plural form, which has the suffix -en.
- en fru (a woman)
- fruen (women)
Loan words ending in a vowel, have the plural suffix -s.
- autos (cars)
- fotos (photos)
Genitiv
The genitive is marked by the suffix -s.
- en frends hus (a friend's house)
The genitive is applied also in order to form adverbs.
- naghts (by night)
- dels (partly)
If the noun already ends in -s, no other -s will be added. Instead, there will be an apostrophe.
- Thomas' autos (Thomas' cars)
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