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in thread Memory Leak with XS but not pure C

”When a German gets his hands on an adjective, he declines it, and keeps on declining it until the common sense is all declined out of it. It is as bad as Latin. He says, for instance:”

SINGULAR Nominative --Mein gutER Freund, my good friend. Genitives --MeinES GutEN FreundES, of my good friend. Dative --MeinEM gutEN Freund, to my good friend. Accusative --MeinEN gutEN Freund, my good friend. PLURAL N. --MeinE gutEN FreundE, my good friends. G. --MeinER gutEN FreundE, of my good friends. D. --MeinEN gutEN FreundEN, to my good friends. A. --MeinE gutEN FreundE, my good friends.

From The Awful German Language by Mark Twain

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Re^6: Memory Leak with XS but not pure C
by choroba (Cardinal) on Mar 30, 2025 at 16:08 UTC
    For comparison, Czech pronoun "můj" (my):
    CaseMasculine animateMasculine inanimateFeminineNeuter
    SingularPluralSingularPluralSingularPluralSingularPlural
    Nominativemůjmí, mojimůjmé, mojemá, mojemé, mojemé, mojemá, moje
    Genitiveméhomýchméhomýchmé, mojímýchméhomých
    Dativemémumýmmémumýmmé, mojímýmmémumým
    Accusativeméhomé, mojemůjmé, mojemoji, moumé, mojemé, mojemá, moje
    Vocativemůjmí, mojimůjmé, mojemá, mojemé, mojemé, mojemá, moje
    Locativemémmýchmémmýchmé, mojímýchmémmých
    Instrumentalmýmmýmimýmmýmimou, mojímýmimýmmými

    The adjective "dobrý" (good) is quite similar, but there are some adjectives with completely different patterns (in total, there are 3 basic groups of adjectives).

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