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<Da SJJatcben, tho girl -, *'< '-I'iatil'cn, th. v: Da* 



aWaillllcui, tlio littl.' in:in. l'i V.iiiiilciit, thu lilt.. 



l/tiuH. JUceur, cloist. 

 t. Neater -IIH add c 



...I UlHl.llll. 



5. Masculine noun* of tlu> NVw Declension which 

 c, or unaccouti'd d, cr, .a, add n in tin- obliquo oases of tbo sin- 

 gular, and return ibid form in all cases of tho plural, us : Xer 

 Jtnabe, tho boy; tc$ Jlnabcit, tic .Kiiabcn. Dcr llna.nr. tho Hungarian; 

 teJ llngarn, tie llntjarn. Der 'i'aicr, the Bavarian; tc* ii'aicrn, tic 

 JUaicni. -'jcrr ha.i errn in tlie oblique cases of tho singular, and 

 fcerren in all cases of tho plural. There are some 



, v .';. Dec JDatbar, tho barbarian; . Dc3 

 iDarl'drtit , / M'arl\ucn. 



I'L Masculino nouns of other terminations add fn, as : 

 . if, tho count; te Qkafen, tie rafcn. Sec 53 dr, tho bear ; 

 ;ren, iu- illicit. Ta- Ccb. tho or; te Ocbfen, lie Ccbfen. 



7. Feminine nouns ending in e, c(, er, form tho plural 

 by adding it, as : Starbc, scar ; Starben. abcl, fork ; abeln. 

 3ft cr, pen; getern. 



8. Feminine nouns of other terminations add en, as : 

 grau, woman ; graucn. llfjr, watch ; Ubren. Nouns terminating 

 in ., in " (which formerly used to be spelt inn ") double the n in 

 tho plural, bofore they tako , en," as : Die Sreuntin. Plural, Die 

 Sreuntinncn. (Seo XIV. 1.) 



Rule 9. Nouns which hi tho nominative plural end in n, 

 have all cases alike : those of other terminations add it in tho 

 dative, and have all other cases alike. 



. Tho masculine nouns 21b. n, ancestor ; Dcrn, thorn ; 

 Slitter, spangle; gorft. forest; au, province; eoattcr, godfather; 

 Scrbccr, laurel; ffliaft, mast ; Stacbbar, neighbour; $fau, peacock ; 

 See, lako ; Stern, .spur; Staat, state ; Stacbcl, sting ; Strabl, ray; 

 Strauji, ostrich; letter, cousin; Untci'tf>an, subject; 3iat or 

 3ieratb, ornament ; and tho neuters, 2lugc, eye ; 33ctt, bed ; Gnte, 

 md ; ^eiat, shirt ; and Dbr, ear, form the singular according to 

 tho Old, and tho plural according to tho New Declension. 4?cmb 

 an<l 'i'ctt have also tho forms cmtet and 33cttc ; tho masculine 

 nouns 'StU, rock ; 8rictc, peace ; gunfc, spark ; ctanfe, thought ; 

 (tyaubc, faith ; <&auft, heap ; Slame, name ; Saame, seed ; Scfyatc, 

 in ury ; SSBiUc, will ; follow the New Declension, and also take i 

 in tho genitive singular, as : Dec fttlS, te3 gelfeng, tern ivcifcit. 

 They, however, often end in tho nominative singular in en, and 

 are regularly inflected according to the Old Declension, as : 

 Dec Selfen ; ter orictcn, K. A few examples will explain tho former 

 port of this note : 



gute, neue, UK-tie J&ute. baben tic guten, neucn, febi-nen J&ute. ( 34, 



the changes which th" 

 > according as tbo articlo is absent or present, 

 uf which more will bo sold hereui i 



NEW DECLENSION OF NOUNS PT.CI 



8t. Die r<He-n, tho 02.. 



.T Cri>fe-n, of tho oxen ; 



tie BurfWn, tho princes; 



D. Den Crbfe-n, to, for tho oxen; ten Rurfl-en, I . rinoes; 



9. Die Ccbje-n, the oxen/ 



tie gurfl-tn, the prince*. 



CONJUGATION OF THE PRESENT TENS* OF 

 IN TUB PLURAL. 



" AD ,fei' 



RESUME OF EXAMPLES. . 



Sing. SI. Dct Dcrn. 

 St. Dcr @tacbc(. 



De8 Dotnc-3. Plur. Die Durnen (also 



Dtrncr.) 

 De3 2tacl)e(4. Die Stacfjetn. 



Der edjmcr^. tho pain, forms tho genitive, and tn? -5crj, tho 

 heart, tho genitive and dative singular, in the same way, and 

 both form the plural according to the New Declension. 



OLD DECLENSION OF THE ADJECTIVE, PLURAL. (SeO Sect. XTV.) 



St. Witt-e (2Bein-e), good (wines). 



. GH:t-ct (SBeine), of good (wines). 



D. (Vu!-cn (9Bein-cn), to good (wines). 



91. ut-e (2Bcin-e), good (wines). 



DECLENSION OP THE ARTICLE AND ADJECTIVE IN THE PLURAL. 



St. Die guten (Sut-c). tho good (hats). 



(M. Der gitten (iit-c), of tho good (hats). 



D. Den gittcn (-^tit-en), to tho good (hats). 



91. Die gutcn (ut-e), the good (hats). 



DECLENSION OF A POSSESSIVE PRONOUN AND AN ADJECTIVE 



IN THE PLURAL. 



St. SJJeine gutcn (StSgel), my good (nails). 

 (M. QJJriner guten (Stdgcl), of my good (nails). 

 D. (Dirincn guten (9tdgel-i),to my good (nails). 

 91. QJlcinc guten (Stdgel), my good (nails). 



When several consecutive adjectives precede and qualify tho 

 same noun, they must, in termination, be all alike, as : r bat 

 flutes, fetnrf, blaue* ucb. Or bat taJ gute, feine, blaue Suc^. @ic baben 



tit imwnuit'licl). 

 :e fucben nuf ten Srbiffcn ibrefl 

 geintei @at'ttguna. il;rcr Kac^e 

 unt t^rcS Stinger^. 



DiefeS ffbcnc efc^cnf ift con mcU 

 ncr Scbrccftcr. 



Diefe -au, ticfe' SBiefen, unt jcne 

 SBetn'gdrten ftnb ta Sigent^um 

 einc3 rcicfccn Jtaufmannrt. 



Mistakes are unavoidable. 



They seek upon the ships of 

 their enemy gratification 

 (satiation) of their rage and 

 of their hunger. 



This beautiful present is from 

 my sister. 



This house, these meadows, 

 and those vineyards are the 

 property of a rich merchant. 



EXERCISE 20. 



I. Diefe nenen SifAe ftnb grrp. 2. Die n>eipen iite ftnfc fcbcn 3. 

 Diefe (Sabcln ftnt sen Sitber. 4. J&aben Sic ftlbtrne oter gcltcne 2Rtffcr 

 unb Coffel? 5. SSir ^aben fUbcrnc. 6. Die guten Jtnaben baben 

 i iEirnen. 7. gleijuge Sc^uler baben lange Mufgabcn. 8. Diefe altcn 

 tatcn baben atte i'ucber. 9. Dcr ^icffcrfcbmieb l^at fcbcne neue 

 I'). Tic Sreuten tiefeS 3)Zanne3 ftnfc fcinc lieblicbcn Winter. 11. Die 

 ffamcln in ticfcn Jlirfben ftnk bed). 12. Die iliicijtcn ter altcn Dame fins 

 ftetjiiq. 13. Die 9){atcbcn te ^retigcrr? finb gute Jtinter. 1-1. Die JSeU 

 lantcr ftnt reinlicb unfc ebrltcb. 15. Diefe illj.irftfrau bat tie grrjicn, reifen 

 SBirncn te S3aucr. 16. Die grrficn, reifc:i SPirnen tici'er iDiari; 

 fcbmarfbaft. 17. -&at ticfe Dame ten gingerbut 3brer gutcn grcuntin? 

 18. Stein, fie $at ten gingerbut 3brc3 guten grcunte^. 19. -7.-.t oraulein 

 Souife ten neuen Scnncnffbirm 3brcr gutcn 'Hiuttcr? 20. 91ein, fie bat 

 ten {Regenfcbirm 3bre guten 33rutcr. 21. J&at tie Hrine 3>ebter tiefet 

 Dme eincn ffliuftnebrer ? 22. Stein, tenn fte ifl nb ,u jung ; abet t&te 

 Scbwefter bat nicbt nur einen aJcuftfJebrcr, fontcrn aucb rinen Scbrtr tt 

 fflJaleret. 2:?. iBcr bat tie JBucbcr 3bre3 iBruterJ? -I. lie SrbJwjltt 

 feiner grcunttn bat tie SPiicbcr. - J5. V.it tic .' alien i)tacb- 



bars tie gcltcne Ilbr nieincr jungen greuntin ? 20. Slein, fie bat tie fU- 

 berne Itbr ibrer Stacbbarin. 27. Die iMitter ticfer ^aume finb gelb, abr 

 ibrObft ift reif unt gut. 28. Die Satten ftnt laUK. 

 alte ^aufmann bat grcpe Metcbt^unur. 30. Dim JReiterei unb jcnef 

 Xwwlt ftnt beitc glcicb gut. 31. Dcr fleine Scbn trt Jlanjleri ifl b 

 Siebling tc Stin\c,3. 32. Dicfc greunttn tc SfalerS bat febc fcbont 



