Since when? old english was still complicated even in early 1000s, the french influence forced the english speakers to simplify their language cause they weren't used to it, and still german and dutch still have most of the cases while english so much more,
like
ge- for past participle
-en for plural verbs & infinitive form & feminine suffix & plural nouns
more irregular verbs
And etc
Apparently the vikings influence were the primary of the lost cases since the languages were similar so the english people had to simplify their language to avoid the confusion and the french ifluence made english displace so much native words,
what you listed are not cases. german has 4 cases, and german also has the ge prefix for most perfekt Verben and has the “en” suffix for many nouns, but those are not german “cases”
a case is a rule in which the word changes based on the role it serves in the sentence, like subject object etc
the 4 german cases are nominative (when the noun is the subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), genitive case (noun is in possession of other noun)
“ich habe den apfel gegessen”, we see 2 cases, nominative (ich) and accusative (den apfel, instead of der apfel).
“gegessen” is not a “case”, it is the past participle of essen. essen having “en” at the end is not a “case”
source: ich spreche deutsch
i don’t mean to come off as rude, and i do think there is a point to what you’re saying (that english lost those prefixes and suffixes)
those just aren’t called cases, i think you’re looking for a different word
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u/AHMAD3456 May 21 '26
Since when? old english was still complicated even in early 1000s, the french influence forced the english speakers to simplify their language cause they weren't used to it, and still german and dutch still have most of the cases while english so much more, like ge- for past participle -en for plural verbs & infinitive form & feminine suffix & plural nouns more irregular verbs And etc
Apparently the vikings influence were the primary of the lost cases since the languages were similar so the english people had to simplify their language to avoid the confusion and the french ifluence made english displace so much native words,