Juxtaposed vowels
In order to avoid having two vowels together, whenever a word (especially a noun) requires a suffix beginning with a different vowel, a "w" is inserted after a "u" and a "y" after other vowels.
This is e.g. the case when nouns are made
plural, and is similar to adding the extra "e" in English.
More information is found in lesson 1.D.2. |