eene goede dochter, a good daughter, een goed huys, a good house, een raauwe visch, a raw fish, eene raauwe vrucht, a raw fruit, het raauw vleesch, the raw flesh.
Thus the Adjectives ought to be distinguished in the Genders; and yet in speaking and vulgar writing it is not so punctually observed, and many will add the n even to the Nominative Case, especially in the Particle de, or die, putting den or dien instead thereof; which is a very great error, that is carefully avoided by our best Authors: for thô it be good Dutch to say Ik zag dien vroomen man gisteren, I saw that honest man yesterday, yet is very bad Dutch (whatever may be the prevalent custom in some places) to say Dien vroomen man heeft het gezegd, (instead of die vroome man, &c.) that honest man told it.
Yet if the Particle een preceeds, we say een vroom man; but if the particle de be used, it must be de vroome man.
Obs. Although this be the naturall difference of the Genders in the Adjectives, yet it must be observed, that even Feminine Adjectives cast off the final e, when placed behind the Substantive, as Het is een groote stad, It is a great city, and die stad is groot, that city is great. The like is to be said of the Plurall in e, as 't Waaren ryke luyden, They
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