Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)

Joe <joe@...> writes:

> Let me see if I've got this right...
>
> Das rote Buch            y
> Der rote Hund(surreal)   y
> Die rote Hose            y
> Ein rotes Buch           y
> Ein rote Hund            n: ein   roter Hund
> Ein rote Hose            n: eine  rote  Hose
> Den roten Hund           y
> Einen roten Hund         y
> Dem rotem Buch           n: dem   roten Hund
> Einem rotem Buch         n: einem roten Hund
> Der roter Hose           n: der   rote  Hund
> Einer roter Hose         n: einer roten Hose
> Des rotes Buch           n: des   roten Buches
> Eines rotes Buch         n: eines roten Buches
>
> Correct?
Quite well, almost 50%. :-)

There are some rules, though:

1) For choosing strong or weak form of mode: as soon as
   anything ate up the strong form, only weak forms
   follow:

   -es  -es   is impossible. instead: -es -en
   -em  -em   is impossible. instead: -em -en
   -er  -er   is impossible. instead: -er -en/-e

(This is why 'manch' has only strong forms after it, but
'ein' has some weak and some strong forms, and 'der' only
has weak forms following.)

(Oh, and conjunctions and series don't count in this rule:
    manch rotem, gro