Inflectional schema

Inflectional schema are templates used to create inflectional paradigms. It is a list of all possible inflections that a word may assume in a given language. For the purpose of this description, we consider "inflection" only the transformations that are applied over the base form through affixation (prefixation, suffixation and infixation). Composition, as in periphrastic constructions, are not included inside the inflectional paradigms and, therefore, should not be included inside the inflectional schema either.

Instructions

1. The inflectional schema applies only to inflectional categories (such as nouns and verbs, in English; or nouns, verbs and adjectives, in French). Invariant categories (such as adverbs and adjectives in English; or adverbs in French) are not included inside the inflectional schema.
2. The inflectional schema must include only simple forms generated through affixation (prefixation, suffixation and infixation), such as the simple present ("goes"), the simple past ("went"), the gerund ("going") and the past participle ("gone") in English. Complex forms, i.e., those forms involving auxiliaries and other supporting words, such as the future ("will go"), the present progressive ("is going") and the past perfect ("had gone") of English are not treated here.
3. The inflectional schema must be as comprehensive as possible, but must target only regular words. Regular English verbs, for instance, may have five different simple forms (infinitive, third person singular present indicative, past, gerund, past participle), which constitute the inflectional schema for verbs in English. Some irregular verbs, such as the verb "to be", have several more (first person singular present indicative, second person singular present indicative, etc.), but these forms will not be listed inside the inflectional schema, because this is not regular.

Examples

Nouns

Inflectional schema for nouns

English

English nouns may vary only in number ("book">"books", "city">"cities"). Gender variation (as in "actor">"actors","actress","actresses") is irregular and should not be represented inside the inflectional schema (although should be defined as an inflectional paradigm). SNG
PLR

French

French nouns vary in number ("table">"tables", "livre">"livres"), or in number and gender ("sorcier">"sorciers","sorcière","sorcières"). As variation in gender is also common (although not frequent as in number), the inflectional schema for nouns in French do include both values.
MCL&SNG
MCL&PLR
FEM&SNG
FEM&PLR

Latin

Latin nouns may vary in number and case ("rosa">"rosae","rosam","rosas","rosis",etc): SNG&NOM
SNG&VOC
SNG&ACC
SNG&GNT
SNG&DAT
SNG&ABL
PLR&NOM
PLR&VOC
PLR&ACC
PLR&GNT
PLR&DAT
PLR&ABL

Adjectives

Inflectional schema for adjectives

English

Adjectives are invariant in English and, therefore, have no inflectional schema.

French

Adjectives in French vary in number and gender ("beau">"beaux","belle","belles"). MCL&SNG
MCL&PLR
FEM&SNG
FEM&PLR

Latin

Adjectives in Latin vary in number, gender and case ("bonus">"bona","bonum","boni","bonam","bonos",etc.)
MCL&SNG&NOM
MCL&SNG&VOC
MCL&SNG&ACC
MCL&SNG&GNT
MCL&SNG&DAT
MCL&SNG&ABL
MCL&PLR&NOM
MCL&PLR&VOC
MCL&PLR&ACC
MCL&PLR&GNT
MCL&PLR&DAT
MCL&PLR&ABL
FEM&SNG&NOM
FEM&SNG&VOC
FEM&SNG&ACC
FEM&SNG&GNT
FEM&SNG&DAT
FEM&SNG&ABL
FEM&PLR&NOM
FEM&PLR&VOC
FEM&PLR&ACC
FEM&PLR&GNT
FEM&PLR&DAT
FEM&PLR&ABL
NEU&SNG&NOM
NEU&SNG&VOC
NEU&SNG&ACC
NEU&SNG&GNT
NEU&SNG&DAT
NEU&SNG&ABL
NEU&PLR&NOM
NEU&PLR&VOC
NEU&PLR&ACC
NEU&PLR&GNT
NEU&PLR&DAT
NEU&PLR&ABL

Verbs

Inflectional schema for verbs

English

English verbs may have 5 different simple forms: infinitive, third person singular indicative, simple past, past participle and gerund.
INF
3PS&PRS&IND
PAS
PTP
GER

French

French verbs may have several different simple forms:

présent de l'indicatif

1PS&PRS&IND
2PS&PRS&IND
3PS&PRS&IND
1PP&PRS&IND
2PP&PRS&IND
3PP&PRS&IND

imparfait de l'indicatif

1PS&PAS&NPFV&IND
2PS&PAS&NPFV&IND
3PS&PAS&NPFV&IND
1PP&PAS&NPFV&IND
2PP&PAS&NPFV&IND
3PP&PAS&NPFV&IND

passé simple de l'indicatif

1PS&PAS&PFV&IND
2PS&PAS&PFV&IND
3PS&PAS&PFV&IND
1PP&PAS&PFV&IND
2PP&PAS&PFV&IND
3PP&PAS&PFV&IND

futur simple de l'indicatif

1PS&FUT&IND
2PS&FUT&IND
3PS&FUT&IND
1PP&FUT&IND
2PP&FUT&IND
3PP&PRS&IND

conditionnel présent

1PS&PRS&CON
2PS&PRS&CON
3PS&PRS&CON
1PP&PRS&CON
2PP&PRS&CON
3PP&PRS&CON

présent du subjonctif

1PS&PRS&SUB
2PS&PRS&SUB
3PS&PRS&SUB
1PP&PRS&SUB
2PP&PRS&SUB
3PP&PRS&SUB

imparfati du subjonctif

1PS&PAS&NPFV&SUB
2PS&PAS&NPFV&SUB
3PS&PAS&NPFV&SUB
1PP&PAS&NPFV&SUB
2PP&PAS&NPFV&SUB
3PP&PAS&NPFV&SUB

présent de l'impératif

2PS&PRS&IMP
1PP&PRS&IMP
2PP&PRS&IMP

participe passé

PTP&PAS&MCL&SNG
PTP&PAS&MCL&PLR
PTP&PAS&FEM&SNG
PTP&pAS&FEM&PLR

participe présent

PTP&PRS

infinitif

INF