Grammatica - loco

9
Adjectives
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2.8), Parijs – Parijse ‘Parisian’. Adjectives of nationality ending in -ees
go -ese, e.g. Chinees – Chinese, also Fries – Friese (but as plural nouns
they take z, e.g. Chinezen, Friezen) (see 7.2.2.1 (b)).
(d) Adjectives with a short vowel ending in a consonant double the
consonant to keep the vowel short, e.g. dik – dikke, laf – laffe, wit –
witte, tam – tamme, dun – dunne, fris – frisse. Exception: grof – grove
(but usually pronounced grovve, also in the comparative, grovver,
see 9.2.1).
(e) Adjectives with a long vowel or diphthong ending in -d are often
pronounced with a vocalized d (see 1.2), e.g. rode – rooie, goed –
goeie, oude – ouwe. They are sometimes written like this in informal
style too.
(f) Note the adjective bijdehand ‘smart, bright’ which goes bijdehante.
9.1.4
A limited number of adjectives denoting location take -ste instead of
simply -e, e.g. bovenste (top), middelste (middle), onderste (bottom);
binnenste (inside), buitenste (outside); achterste (back), voorste (front).
Note: binnenstebuiten ‘inside out’, ondersteboven ‘upside down’,
achterstevoren ‘back to front’.
In colloquial language one often hears enigst instead of enig, but the
former is an analogical form and is better avoided:
Hij is enigst kind.
He is an only child.
Dat is de enigste mogelijkheid.
That is the (one and) only possibility.
The words laatste, zoveelste, hoeveelste belong here too (see 14.2.1.4 and
14.9).
9.1.5
-s Inflection of the adjective
There is also an -s inflection of the adjective in Dutch. It is nowadays
used in only a limited number of cases. It is always used after iets/wat
(i.e. something), niets (see 8.6.4), veel, allerlei, weinig, een heleboel, wat
voor, genoeg, e.g. iets nieuws ‘something new’, niets sterkers ‘nothing
stronger’ (added here to the comparative, see 9.2.2), een heleboel moois