Re: Thematic vowel etc

> More to the point, the article and the strong adjective are the
> surest indicators of the case and number. With the possessives

and

> _ein_ that do not show the case endings in the nominative

singular,

> one uses the strong form of the adjectives in this case:
>
> nom. mein warm*es* Wasser 'my warm water'
> dat. mein*em* warmen Wasser.
>
> Funny bracketing!
>

I agree. I give up on that one, as it seems you do too ;-)
On the other hand, if the same device had been used here, the whole
NP would end up looking as if it were a genitive.

Torsten