Definición y Significado de "declension"

Declension

SUSTANTIVO

declinación

(in the grammar of some languages) a group of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives changing in the same way to indicate case, number, and gender

What is "declension"?

Declension is a grammatical process in which nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and sometimes articles change their form to express different grammatical categories such as case, number, and gender. This process helps indicate the role of a word in a sentence, such as whether it is a subject, object, or possessive. For example, in Latin, the noun "puella," meaning "girl," can change to "puellae" for the genitive case, meaning "of the girl." In English, declension is less prominent but can be seen in pronouns, such as "I," used as a subject, "me," used as an object, and "my," used for possession. Understanding declension is important for analyzing how different languages convey meaning through word forms and their relationships in sentences.

Example

In Latin, nouns and adjectives undergo various changes in form called declensions based on their role in a sentence. "

En latín, los sustantivos y adjetivos sufren varios cambios de forma llamados declinaciones gramaticales según su papel en una oración.

Studying the declension patterns of Russian nouns can be challenging for language learners due to the extensive variations in endings.

Estudiar los patrones de declinación de los sustantivos rusos puede ser un desafío para los estudiantes de idiomas debido a las amplias variaciones en las terminaciones.

declinación, pendiente

a downward slope or bend