> PS: You may say that there are only two adjective modes, which is true
> for the *forms*, i.e. with all other categories equal, there are only
> two forms for the three modes, but weak/strong mode sometimes uses the
> weak, sometimes the strong form, depending on the other categories
> values:
>
> dat.neut.sg:
> mode 1: manch rotem Buch
> mode 2: einem roten Buch \ same
> mode 3: dem roten Buch /
>
> nom.neut.sg:
> mode 1: manch rotes Buch \
> mode 2: ein rotes Buch / same
> mode 3: das rote Buch
This one of the few of the oddities of all this that have never caused me any
trouble to speak of; no ending on _ein_ -> strong adjective; ending on _ein_ -
> weak adjective. If only the rest of German was that simple.
Andreas