Re: Thematic vowel etc

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> > 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.

nom. **meines warme Wasser
gen. meines warmen Wasser

I admit the difference is slight.

Richard.

Richard.