hiflen
Volapük
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hiˈflen]
Noun
hiflen (nominative plural hiflens)
- (male) friend
- 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 13:
- Fat obik ed olikan binoms hiflens.
- My father and yours are friends.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hiflen | hiflens |
| genitive | hiflena | hiflenas |
| dative | hiflene | hiflenes |
| accusative | hifleni | hiflenis |
| vocative 1 | o hiflen! | o hiflens! |
| predicative 2 | hiflenu | hiflenus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only