Yeah same. 6 cases, 3 genders and also dual form because why not.
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lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks agoAll languages have their difficulties. English pronunciation and spelling is a mess but grammar is easy for example. My native language has 3 genders and 4 cases for example and there are languages with more.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kanda@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Just have to memorize all these irregular verbs. It’s so easy.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You think English has many irregular verbs? Don’t make me laugh. Compared to which language exactly?
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You think English has many irregular verbs? Don’t make me laugh. Compared to which language exactly?
Kanda@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
It’s not a competition in being the least coherent system
bbboi@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I wish for spelling reform, but that’ll never happen.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
7 cases in the standard version of my language, 8 in the dialect I speak :3
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You didn’t mention genders so I guess you have none which leads me to Uralic or Turkic languages maybe?
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Oh if we’re doing a guessing game then…
3 genders technically, though the 3rd one (neuter) is super rare, so it’s basically 2 in practice :3
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
That makes it harder. 7 is the limit of Balto-Slavic languages but I know that one Baltic language used to have more, loaned from Estonian or something, but lost them over time. So my guess is your local dialect preserved one? Otherwise I have no clue. I think modern Indo Aryan languages have less, Semitic languages have 2 genders and I don’t know how many cases. I could rule out some more to show off but not much.