Adjectival endings after indefinite pronoun
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Alle (all), einige (some), mehrere (several), verschiedene (various), viele (many) and wenige (few), in addition to being used as pronouns, can stand in front of plural nouns with an adjective between the two. The endings required after alle are the same as for the plural of der/die/das and those required after the others are the same as for unpreceded adjectives, i.e. the ending on the pronouns is identical to the ending on the adjective, e.g. Nominative: alle guten Leute / viele gute Leute Accusative: alle guten Leute / viele gute Leute Genitive: aller guten Leute / vieler guter Leute Dative: allen guten Leuten /vielen guten Leuten The reason for this distinction in endings between alle and the other pronouns is that alle refers to a definite number and the others to an indefinite number. |



