Re: Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? - Edit 1
Before modification by Camilla at 23/03/2010 11:34:19 PM
No, I don't think so. I am not entirely sure what you mean by that, though.
We sometimes add a t: eventuelt. As in "vi kan eventuelt gjøre noe annet" "as an alternative, we could do something else". The e is a pure plural marker, though. As far as I can think at the moment.
It was probably too much to hope for that the similarities went that far.
Dutch has a simplified version of the German system in which, while predicative adjectives are unchangeable ("ze zijn groot", "sie sind groß" = they are tall), attributive adjectives can change depending on gender and number, though the change is limited to an extra E or not (not remotely as complicated as German). In plurals, the extra E is indeed always there, but in many singular forms too. Norwegian doesn't do that, except in a very few cases and then with an a for feminine. But that is rare and mostly in dialects. I am still not clear on what a predicative adjective is. I assume that means we don't have the distinction. If it is related to the case system, we've probably discarded it long since. Norwegian is terribly simple. The adjectives follow the nouns. "en eventuell jente" (an "eventuell" girl) "en eventuell gutt" (an "eventuell" boy) "to eventuelle jenter" (two "eventuell" boys) etc. So nothing to do with gender. The t is to do with the neuter, but is also the one that stands alone, for some reason I cannot immediately fathom. hmm.