ok, think for help, but i have just "discover" that the endings i
was searching for was on the site of "Old Norse for Beginners", in
the "grammar reference" :)) But are you sure that we write "Inn
illi konungr", maybe we should write "Illi konungrinn" no??? Or
maybe both are right.


--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Arlie Stephens <arlie@...>
wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 06:07:42AM -0000, haraldr_eikinskjaldi

wrote:

> >
> > Yes, but when an adjective is used for a definite noun
> > (ex. "Konungrinn"), the adjective has a special ending, as it is
> > said in lesson 3 :
> >
> > "Be careful thus, not to use the forms above with a definite

noun,

> > for that is (under normal circumstances) wrong.
> > The definite declension of adjectives is not presented here yet,
> > since it is modelled on a noun declension not yet introduced."
> >
> > So it is that definite declension I would like to know.
>
> I was hoping someone with better knowledge would post on this one.
> Here's what I think I remember ...
>
> First of all, I don't think "The king is evil" and "The evil

king ..."

> would use the same forms. I believe the statement above doesn't

apply

> to constructions like "The king is evil", just to constructions

like

> "The evil king ..." I'd expect "The king is evil" to

be "Konungrinn er illr".

>
> "The evil king" would be "Inn illi konungr" if it's the subject of

a sentence.

>
> The complete set of "weak" masculine adjective endings (those used

in definite

> phrases) is:
> sing pl.
> n -i -u
> a -a -u
> g -a -u
> d -a -um
>
> > --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, alex@... wrote:
> > > I'm a newbie at this, so I'm not entirely sure but I'm
> > > pretty sure the way you say "The king is evil" would be
> > > something to the extent of "Konungrinn er illr". In
> > > this phrase, Konungr is the nominative subject, thus
> > > you add the "r" to the end. To make a noun definite,
> > > you simply add the suffix "-inn" to it. Make sense?
> > >
> > > Your question was-------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi, i begin to work on the lessons few weeks ago, and
> > > now i'm on the
> > > lesson 5.  But I would limke to know how to use
> > > adjective with
> > > definite nouns.  For example, we say "Konungr er illr"
> > > for "a king
> > > is evil", but how we say "The king is evil" ??????  In
> > > the lessons,
> > > for now, we have :
> > >          
> > >          indef.
> > > nom.  +r       +ir
> > > acc.  +an      +a
> > > dat.  +um      +um
> > >
> > > but what is the part for definite??
> > >
> > > thank for your help
>
>
> --
> Arlie
>
> (Arlie Stephens

arlie@...)