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===Adjectives=== Mennonite [[Low German]] also shows a rich inflectional system in its adjectives. Although once even richer, simplification has done its work here too, leaving Mennonite [[Low German]] with three [[Grammatical gender|genders]]: feminine, masculine and neuter, and two comparison degrees: [[Comparative]] and [[Superlative]]. {| class="wikitable" |- | ||Predicate||Masculine || Fem/Pl/Weak Neuter || Strong Neuter** ||Oblique*** |- | Positive|| woam ||woama ||woame||woamet ||woamen |- | Comparative||woama ||woamra ||woamre||woamret ||woamren |- | Superlative||woamst- ||woamsta ||woamste||woamstet ||woamsten |} The plural of all genders is identical to the feminine singular. Strong and weak neuter [[declension]]: after the definite article '''daut''' or the demonstratives '''daut''' and '''dit''' (neuter form of that, this) the '''t''' is dropped and a form identical to the feminine and plural is used. In other situations, as with indefinite articles, possessive adjectives or without article, the strong form is used. The oblique is used only in the masculine singular. However, if a preposition-article compound is used with a neuter noun, then the oblique would be used. Example: '''em grooten Hus, '''but:''' en daut groote Hus, en een grootet Hus'''. There is no predicate form for the superlative, a preposition-article compound with the oblique or weak neuter is used: '''aum woamsten''', or: '''oppet woamste''', or newly just the neuter form without preposition: '''daut woamste''': '''Zemorjes es et woam, opp Meddach woat et woama, no Meddach es et aum woamsten/ oppet woamste/ daut woamste''' (in the morning it is warm, at noon it is getting warmer, after noon it is the warmest). The predicate form is used in predicate sentences for all genders: '''De Maun es oolt, de Fru es oolt, daut Hus es oolt''' (the man is old, the woman is old, the house is old).
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