Strong Adjectives
Adjectives are declined weak or strong depending on how they are used in
a sentence.
When the adjective follows a demonstrative or a possessive (like 'the wicked
witch' or 'my wicked witch'), the adjective is weak; when it stands alone (like
'the witch is wicked' or 'wicked witches'), the adjective is strong.
Superlative adjectives ('Of all the witches in The Wizard of Oz,
the wettest witch is the Wicked Witch of the West') are generally
strong, although there are exceptions.
The paradigm used here is til, 'good'.
Strong Adjective til
til | Masculine | Neuter | Feminine |
Nominative |
til |
til |
tilu |
Accusative |
tilne |
til |
tile |
Genitive |
tiles |
tiles |
tilre |
Dative |
tilum |
tilum |
tilre |
Plural
Nominative |
tile |
tilu |
tile |
Accusative |
tile |
tilu |
tile |
Genitive |
tilra |
tilra |
tilra |
Dative |
tilum |
tilum |
tilum |
Tips for learning:
- the endings for strong adjectives should be familiar: they are taken from the pronoun and strong noun paradigms
- note: possessive adjectives (ie: genitive pronouns acting as adjectives) such as min and þin are always declined strong
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