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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives have been radically simplified since Gothic, for example there is only one declension (always ending in a hard consonant) and they are completely unmarked for case. Attributive adjectives are also unmarked for number, but predicative adjectives are so marked. Gender is marked in adjectives, but only for adjectives with a stem affected by first umlaut; masculine singular | Adjectives have been radically simplified since Gothic, for example there is only one declension (always ending in a hard consonant) and they are completely unmarked for case. Attributive adjectives are also unmarked for number, but predicative adjectives are so marked. | ||
Gender is marked in adjectives, but only for adjectives with a stem affected by first umlaut; masculine singular adjectives so affected contain the vowel ''i'' or ''u'', while all other forms contain the vowel ''e'' or ''o''. | |||
==Verbs== | ==Verbs== |
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