noun or a genitive; Ex.: min nye Hat my new hat; min Kusines lyse Parasol my cousin's light parasol; 3) after a demonstrative pronoun and after the relative pronoun hvilken which; Ex.: dette höie Træ this high tree, hin sorte Kat that black cat. Han reddede med personlig Livsfare ti Menneskeliv, hvilken tapre Handling skaffede ham en Medalje he saved with danger for his own life ten human lives, which brave deed procured him a medal; 4) in expressions of address and in apposition to a personal pronoun: Kjære Ven Dear friend, jeg elendige Mand I miserable man.
Note. For examples of the definite form of the adjective used with the postpositive article see § 153, Note 1.
182. Agreement of the adjective with its noun. The adjective must agree with its noun in gender and number both as attribute, apposition and predicate. Et stort Hus a big house, store Huse big houses; Huset, et stort rödmalet the house, a big red one, Huset er stort the house is big. Vore Ansigter er(e) solbrændte our faces are sunburnt. (As for the superlative forming an exception as predicate see § 189.)
II. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES.
183. The adjectives form their comparatives in -ere (-re), superlative in -est (-st).
| glad–glad | gladere | gladest. |
| rig–rich | rigere | rigest. |
Adjectives ending in -e add only -re and -st.
| ringe–slight | ringere | ringest. |
