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} from "../../games/games";
import GameDisplay from "../../games/GameDisplay";
import VideoPlayer from "../../components/VideoPlayer";
<VideoPlayer src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwgQwB_HuD8" />
In the <Link to="/inflection/inflection-intro/">previous chapter</Link> we talked about **why** words inflect. Now we will explain **how** words inflect. What actualy happens to them? How do they change?
Like many things in Pashto, inflection can seem mysterious and intimidating. Why do the words change so much, and how!? 😩 But, we'll see that there are just a few basic patterns that the words follow, and it's not so scary or confusing after all.
Below are the **6 basic patterns for inflecting** nouns and adjectives. Notice how all these patterns work with both masculine and feminine genders.
Below are the **5 (and a half) basic patterns for inflecting** nouns, participles, and adjectives. Notice how all these patterns work with both masculine and feminine genders.
Don't worry about memorizing them all perfectly to start. Instead keep looking back and use them as guides to help you as you get familiar with the inflections over time.
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items={startingWord(words.filter(tp.isPattern1Entry), "غټ")}
/>
**Note:** See <Link to="/inflection/inflection-patterns/#pattern-1-words-in-sandwiches-starting-with-inlineps-optsopts-ps-p-په-f-pu--">exception</Link> below.
**Note:** See exceptions below.
## 2. Words ending in an unstressed ی - ay
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items={startingWord(words.filter(tp.isPattern5Entry), "غل")}
/>{" "}
## 6. Inanimate feminine nouns ending in ي - ee
## Extra half pattern: Inanimate feminine nouns ending in ي - ee
There is one more pattern which only works for **inanimate feminine nouns ending in <InlinePs opts={opts} ps={{ p: "ي", f: "ee", e: "" }} />**.
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items={startingWord(femNouns.filter(tp.isPattern6FemEntry), "آزادي")}
/>
Animate nouns like <InlinePs opts={opts} ps={{ p: "بي بي", f: "beebee", e: "grandmother" }} /> will not inflect like this, and masculine nouns like <InlinePs ps={{ p: "قاضي", f: "qaazee", e: "judge" }} opts={opts} /> also will not inflect.
Note that this pattern _only_ works with feminine, non-living nouns. Animate nouns like <InlinePs opts={opts} ps={{ p: "بي بي", f: "beebee", e: "grandmother" }} /> will not inflect like this, and masculine nouns like <InlinePs ps={{ p: "قاضي", f: "qaazee", e: "judge" }} opts={opts} /> also will not inflect. Adjectives ending in <InlinePs opts={opts} ps={{ p: "ـي", f: "ee" }} /> will also not inflect.
## Not all words inflect
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</Examples>
## Exceptions
## Exceptions in form
### Pattern 1 feminine nouns without an ـه - a ending
There are a number of feminine nouns which follow the basic pattern, but are missing an <InlinePs opts={opts} ps={{ p: "ـه", f: "a" }}> ending.
For example:
export const femEndingWConsonant = [
{ p: "لار", f: "laar", e: "road" },
{ p: "ورځ", f: "wradz", e: "day "},
{ p: "میاشت", f: "myaasht", e: "month" },
{ p: "غېږ", f: "gheG", e: "bosom" },
{ p: "څنګل", f: "tsangul", e: "elbow" },
{ p: "بړستن", f: "bRastun", e: "blanket" },
{ p: "ږمنځ", f: "Gmundz", e: "comb" },
{ p: "ستن", f: "stun", e: "needle" },
{ p: "لمن", f: "lamun", e: "skirt" },
{ p: "څرمن", f: "tsarmún", e: "leather" },
{ p: "توشک", f: "toshák", e: "cushion" },
{ p: "کنځل", f: "kundzul", e: "swear word" },
{ p: "لوېشت", f: "lwesht", e: "span, a measurement"},
{ p: "منګل", f: "mangúl", e: "claw" },
{ p: "ورېځ", f: "wurédz", e: "cloud" },
];
export function IrregularFem() {
return (
<ul>
{femEndingWConsonant.map((entry) => (
<li key={entry.p}>
<InlinePs
opts={opts}
ps={{
p: entry.p,
f: firstVariation(entry.f),
e: firstVariation(entry.e),
}}
/>
</li>
))}
</ul>
);
}
<IrregularFem />
## Exceptions in inflection
Whatever kind of word you're using, it will always inflect for the <Link to="/inflection/inflection-intro/">three reasons</Link> that we mentioned earlier. However, there are a few exceptions.