1888-1 ■'■"* [Hoflfman. 



ADJECTIVES. 



Predicative adjectives seldom undergo change, but attributive adjectives 

 are declined like the definite article. 



Adjectives, having in the positive a terminal ai, au, from the compara- 

 tive by adding er or *r, as : 



Positive. Comparative. 



shai, shy shai'-er, shyer 



trai, true trai'-er, truer 



rau, coarse rau'-er, coarser 



Adjectives, having in the positive the ending ai, ch, d, s, t, and u, take 

 for the superlative sht. 

 Irregular comparisons occur, the most important being the following : 



Positive. Comparatire. Superlative. 



gilt, good bes'ser besht 



lang, long leng'er leiigsht 



negsht, near ne^gher negsht 



f il, much or many me" mensht 



It has already been stated that adjectives are declined like the definite 

 article, in the nominative and accusative. The following are the termina- 

 tions in the several cases and genders in both singular and plural ; where 

 a dash occurs, there is no alteration or sufiix to the adjective : 



In German, the numerals are classified according to the signification, 

 and the general usage obtains in Pennsylvania. These classes are termed 

 Cardinal, Ordinal, Distributive, Multiplicative, Variative, Adverbial, Dis- 

 tinctive, Partitive, and Indefinite. Dimidiative numerals are not in use 

 to express the same idea as in the German. 



A short list of the Cardinals and Ordinals is here presented : 



Cardinals. Ordinals. 



1. ens, en, e'ner iiisht 



2. tswe tswet 



3. drai drit 



4. fir, or fi^ra Art 



5. finf, fin'fa finft 



6. seks, or sek'sa sekst 



