Chapter 7

Decline

Inflected nouns, pronouns, and adjectives depending on the case, gender, and number

Inflections

Tells us the case, number, or gender based on affixes added at the end of a word

Conjugate

add endings of verbs depending on the subject, tense, etc.

Cases

Reflect the role of a noun in a sentence

Paradigm

Complete table of all the different inflected forms of a word

How are OE pronouns similar from ModE pronouns?

They express number, person, and case

How are OE pronouns different from ModE pronouns?

Dual pronouns are gone, acc and dat cases mered into the objective case, lost of second person singular

How does OE third person pronouns differ from those in ModE?

The feminine and neuter third person is gone.

What is the nominative masculine of "that”?

seea

What is the nominative neuter of "that”?

thaet

What is the nominative feminine of "that”?

seeo

What is the nominative plural of "that”?

thaa

What is the accusative masculine of "that”?

thone

What is the accusative neuter of "that”?

thaet

What is the accusative feminine of "that”?

thaa

What is the accusative plural of "that”?

thaa

What is the genitive masculine of "that”?

thaes

What is the genitive neuter of "that”?

thaes

What is the genitive feminine of "that”?

thaeaere

What is the genitive plural of "that”?

thaara

What is the dative masculine of "that”?

thaeaem

What is the dative neuter of "that”?

thaeaem

What is the dative feminine of "that”?

thaeaere

What is the dative plural of "that”?

thaeaem

What is the instrumental masculine of "that”?

thyy

What is the instrumental neuter of "that”?

thyy

What is the instrumental feminine or plural of "that”?

there’s none