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Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions. | Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions. | ||
Example: | Example: ṡūriw, ''big'', with sōgu, ''house'' | ||
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| | | || colspan="3" | <center>''attributive declension''</center> | ||
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| <center><small>'' | | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''dual''</small></center> || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | ||
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| <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || | | <center><small>''basic''</small></center> || sowgu sur‘i || sowgunu sur‘inu || sowgunu sur‘ | ||
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| <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || sowgul‘ sur‘il‘ || sowgunol‘ sur‘inol‘ || sowgunol‘ sur‘il‘ | |||
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| <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || sowguha sur‘iha || sowgunoha sur‘inoha || sowgunoha sur‘iha | |||
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| || colspan="3" | <center>''predicative declension''</center> | |||
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| style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''plural (formal)''</small></center> || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''plural (informal)''</small></center> | |||
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| <center><small>''basic''</small></center> || || || | |||
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| <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || sowgul‘ ojh sur‘il‘ || colspan="2" | sowgunol‘ onæh sur‘inol‘ | |||
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| <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || || || | |||
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Revision as of 04:29, 1 June 2025
Adjectives and pronouns
Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, usually showing the same exceptions of nouns. Pronouns, instead, may exhibit different forms in the root form.
Adjectives
Attributive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they specify, while predicative adjectives are always placed after them of after the verb.
çōvā vīru the young man
vīru çōvā the man is young
All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings.
Declension of qualifying adjectives
Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions.
Example: ṡūriw, big, with sōgu, house
| sowgu sur‘i | sowgunu sur‘inu | sowgunu sur‘ | |
| sowgul‘ sur‘il‘ | sowgunol‘ sur‘inol‘ | sowgunol‘ sur‘il‘ | |
| sowguha sur‘iha | sowgunoha sur‘inoha | sowgunoha sur‘iha | |
| sowgul‘ ojh sur‘il‘ | sowgunol‘ onæh sur‘inol‘ | ||
