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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
====Declension==== | ====Declension==== | ||
Predicative adjectives use the bare stem. For attributive adjectives, the weak declension is used when the noun is preceded by a definite article or | Predicative adjectives use the bare stem. For attributive adjectives, the weak declension is used when the noun is preceded by a definite article or demonstrative: ''þí móren báke'' 'the big books'. The strong declension is used otherwise: ''ne móre báke'' 'some big books'. Below are the strong and weak declensions of the adjective ''gád'' 'good': | ||
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! nom. | ! nom. | ||
| '' | | ''yn gád'''e''' man'' || ''ne gád'''e''' piane'' || ''ne gád'''e''' czinde'' | ||
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! dat. | ! dat. | ||
| '' | | ''me gád'''em''' mane'' || ''ner gád'''er''' piane'' || ''nem gád'''em''' czindem'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! gen. | ! gen. | ||
| '' | | ''yns gáde'''s''' mans'' || ''ner gád'''er''' pianer'' || ''ner gád'''er''' czinde'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|+ '''Weak declension for hard-stem adjectives''' | |+ '''Weak declension for hard-stem adjectives''' | ||
! | case || singular || plural | ! rowspan=2 | case || colspan=2 | singular || rowspan="2" | plural | ||
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! m. || f. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! nom. | ! nom. | ||
| '' | | ''þe gád'''e''' man'' || ''þí gád'''e''' piane'' || ''þí gád'''en''' czinde'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! dat. | ! dat. | ||
| '' | | ''þem gád'''enь''' mane'' || ''þier gád'''enь''' piane'' || ''þím gád'''em''' czindem'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! gen. | ! gen. | ||
| '' | | ''þes gád'''enь''' mans'' || ''þier gád'''enь''' pianer'' || ''þier gád'''en''' czinde'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
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