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The Vowel Triangle
Key to inflection in is the vowel triangle. This is as follows:

a    / \ /  \   o     w  /       \ eui It manifests itself in a key inflectional process known as 'opposition'. In order to perform opposition, the relevant vowel is located on the triangle, and is then replaced with the vowel opposite. For example, w would become e. Note the absence of y. This property is very important in the grammatical processes described below.

Nouns and Pronouns
Nouns and pronouns inflect very similarly, though nominal and pronominal inflection do exhibit key differences. Let us first examine nouns. They can be identified by their beginning with a vowel, a property no other word possesses. They also end in a vowel, the concluding vowel differing from the initial vowel and its opposite. There are two cases and two numbers for which they inflect: the nominative and accusuative, and the singular and plural, respectively. To form the accusuative the first vowel of the word is opposed. The plural is formed by a slightly more complex method. It should be mentioned that this is partly a consequence of the more general definition of the plural. Nouns are not considered to inflect directly for plurality as it is considered generally. Rather, 'A(s)' can be converted to mean 'A(s) and B(s)' by suffixing the first vowel of B for some B, though the range is very limited. This can be exploited to mean 'A(s) and A(s)' and therfore 'As'. It is thus unsual to find  A(s) used as As. Pronouns are very similar, but have a few differences. Most of these

Verbs and Proverbs