

sBauert? .r tide* 



r flaufmann* '< 

 :.miir. 9. $aben tra 



..jfii ven tin.. 



ITU ie ta id> fjabf 



,n . ten iNcrf ltcie 8reute ? 



.1 cuiciii irtuu-tter. 15. Val-en $ie ta 



ut'' lil. . > papier von einem 



liantkr, unt einem (viiweblungbnef won tern I i UJfert 



tin d"-' ; 'i, "'it e8 tft aurb em yajltbuT'< 1'.'. .'m laj Jtameel 



ce nl nur cin Vailtbier 



.,! lut in 2obn te (ttclmaiun ? 22. ttr bat ta efe$buc& te 

 ter. 



ION IX.-DECLENSION OF ADJECTIVES. 



.\ IKIS thus far been employed only prodi<- 

 it is unvaried in iorm, aa 



nl iKur, .sto ! i ; hard, SJlct tfl roeicfc, lead is soft. 



Tlu< U-rm* attributive and predicate have, in grammar, a 



strictly conventional sense, and should bo distinctly understood. 



ay, The deep river id hero (tcr ticfe Slup ill bier), tho adjec- 



for tho quality, depth, is there referred 



to as a known and recognised attribute of tho river. If we say, 

 Tho river is deep here (tcr Sluj; i|l tier ticf), Jie adjective is pre- 

 , fur wo then merely affirm or predicate of tho river that 

 it has the quality, depth. 



When used attributively, tho adjective is varied by the addi- 

 tion of suffixes. 



1. When not affected by a preceding word, the adjective is 

 inflected according to 



THE OLD DECLENSION. 



Neuter. 

 gut-eS Sifen, good iron ; 



;-er Stabl, good steel ; 



at-c-i Stable, of good steel ; gut-eS @i|"en, of good iron, 



3X ut-cm Stable, to good steel; gut-em ifcn, to good iron; 



"I. (''Hit-en 2taf;l, good steel; gut-eS (Sifcn, good iron. 



The genitive of the old form is now seldom used ; that of the 

 new form being preferred. Thus, guten tablS; guten 

 (JtfenS, ic., instead of guted tafyU ; guted (SifcnS, :c. 



2. When preceded by any of the followin 



2Ulcr, 



Masculine. Neuter. Masculine. 



3>r, ta (the) ; jetcr, 



kiefcS (this) ; jener, 



altc (all) ; manner, 



einio,c (some) ; folcbcr, 



(Jtlit^er, etlkbeS (some) ; nxlrfjcr, 



ifce adjective adds, in the nominative masculine and in the 

 nominative and accusative neuter, the letter t, and in all the 

 other cases en ; and is inflected according to 



words 



Neuter. 

 jefce* (every) ; 

 jene (that) ; 

 mancfce (many a) ; 

 folcfcca (such) ; 

 hKlcbeS (which) ; 



Masculine. 

 91. let gut-e, the good ; 



I guten, of the good ; 



THE NEW DECLENSION. 



Neuter, 

 tat gut-c, the good ; 



I 

 $>a ^art-e (friiVn nl nui . 



i IB. 



Diefe* meij-c f;m 



(fciniger cotb-( UUcin 

 Giniget rotb-e Rapier. 

 Jeter )ufrieten-c Sllinn 



The hard iron is useful. 

 This beautiful bird is white. 

 - white paper U beautiful 

 Some (a 



(a little) red paper, 

 tft Every contented man i* happy. 



Every happy child is contented. 

 Yonder (that) beautiful tree fa 



,..: - . 



Yonder (that) Urge bone fa 



beautiful. 



Many a good man is poor. 

 Many a beautiful girl u rain, 

 Such fine steel is costly. 

 Such costly cloth is fine. 

 Which old man is happy ? 

 Which little child is contented ? 



3ctee glucfliefc-i Sink tft }v. 



frieten. 

 3ener fcfcon-e $aum tft groe. 



3ene grop-c Spfctfc tft fe&on 



SWaneber gut-e "3)1 ann tft arm. 



e '.IMatdjen ift eitet. 

 tein-e Stahl ill fc|tbat. 

 old;e foftbar-e Hud) nl fein. 



alt-e 'JJfann ill gludltd;? 

 flein-c JJtiu i|l jn> 

 frietcn? 



EXERCISE 10. 



1. 3ft tiefer junge SMann ker @obn ke tfaritatn? 2. Sletn, e: 

 te aftcn 2Debev. 3. 2Ber bat ka* SKatelfiffcn fcitfe* flemen 

 ebenJ V 4. icfc fleine Jlint tc3 guten .jrcunt c b. at tt. 5. SBer bat U< 

 fdjone $ferfc ke guten Obetnt* ? 6. 5)er junge dtfc^mtrt bat rt 7. 

 3Ber ^at ken gropen fd;warjen J&unb fcrt 3>1jer ? 8. Der junge i'ruttr 

 ke 5taufmann ^at tbn. 9. ^at fca fleine Jlink ta feban'e i'i 

 guten Crutcrt V 10. 9lein, e ^at ten neuen amm krt guten iirtarcfcen* 

 11. J ;>at tet junge greunk ke alien Ut>rmad;er ka fcfcone 5)fert te alien 

 Jtned;te ? 12. 9ltin, n l;at taJ ^iferk te3 rctd;en (JngUntet 

 ijaben @ie ken Stacf te guten <2d;ncimy 14. Sletn, id; babe tiefen 

 neuen 8rad con kern guten d>nciter. 15. -Oaben ie ka* Jud; I* el 

 armen 2Deber? 16. Sinn, id; tya&t Xud; von kern SDebet. 17. 3f> 

 allcr atte 2Bein Start? 18. S^ein, unb nid;t atlet neue 2Bctn tft 

 19. S)er neue Sratf ift won d^marjem ilucbe. 



SECTION X. DECLENSION OF A.BJECTITES 

 When preceded by any one of the following words 



Masculine. Neuter. 



<tn, ein (a or an) ; 

 2Kein, metn (my) ; 

 Dein, tein (thy) ; 

 @ein, fcin (his, its) ; 

 3&.r, i^r (her) ; 



Masculiiie. Neuter. 



unfer, unfer (our) ; 



36r, 36t (your) ; 



euer, euer (your) ; 



tyr, ibr v their); 



fein, fein (no, or not any) ; 



the adjettive has, in the nominative masculine and in the 

 nominative and accusative neuter, the terminations of the old 

 declension, and, in all the other cases, those of ta new, and a 

 said to be of 



THE MIXED DECLENSION. 



Masculine. 



St. SWein gut-er, my good; 

 QWeincS guten, of my good ; 



Ntuter. 



metn gut-eft, my good ; 

 meinrt gwten, of my good ; 



S. aWeinem guten, to, for my good; meinem guten, to, for my goed; 



3)Jcinen guten, my good ; 



mein gut-f my good. 



