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Adjectives without quantifiers
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Adjectives which are not preceded by a quantifier (including articles and demonstratives) bear strong agreement.

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Adjectives which are not preceded by a quantifier (including articles and demonstratives) bear strong agreement:

Example 1

a. Earm-e man!
poor.CG man.CG
Poor man!
b. Frjemd ferhaal!
strange.NG story.NG
Strange story!

Place names also bear strong agreement. They are revealed by agreement to be neuter:

Example 2

Earm Ljouwert
poor.NG Ljouwert
Poor Ljouwert

Other constructions also treat place names as neuter:

Example 3

a. Dat ferhipte Ljouwert
that.NG damned Ljouwert
That damned Ljouwert
b. It Ljouwert fan myn dreamen
the.NG Ljouwert of my dreams
The Ljouwert of my dreams
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