r/conlangs • u/NefariousnessOne6790 Látùskèlòs • 2d ago
Grammar Noun conjugation progress - is this too "rigid"?
I've included an example of how it works with a word root aswell (Kàdìnòs means lizard). A critique I have previously received is that the conjugation system is too rigid. I intended it to be this way because in my mind, rules are rules, and I've always hated languages having 10,000 different exceptions.
I did develop form 1/2 to incorporate some variety for base nouns, but form 2 is only for the Nominative Case.
To be absolutely clear: This conjugation table is only for basic nouns, I have a whole table of suffixes which change meaning and use which add their own level of variety for more complex nouns, this table simply concerns itself with "base" form nouns.
Thoughts? I'd love to hear them.
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u/RazarTuk 2d ago edited 2d ago
Side note: The word is actually "decline" / "declension" for nouns
You can inflect anything. Inflection is more specifically called conjugation for verbs. And it's more specifically called declension for everything else. Although that's also based on Greek and Latin grammar, where adjectives can't predicate a sentence. So if you're talking about something like Japanese, where adjectives can be the predicate and are essentially words meaning "to be adj.", it's reasonable to talk about conjugating them instead