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| <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || ṡūriw sōgu || ṡūriwhiw sōguhiw || ṡūrü sōgū | | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || ṡūriw sōgu || ṡūriwhiw sōguhiw || ṡūrü sōgū | ||
Revision as of 04:32, 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
| ṡūriw sōgu | ṡūriwhiw sōguhiw | ṡūrü sōgū | |
| ṡūriwrɛ sōgurɛ | ṡūriwhiwrɛ sōguhiwrɛ | ṡūrürɛ sōgūrɛ | |
| ṡūriwxjɛ sōguxjɛ | ṡūriwhiwxjɛ sōguhiwxjɛ | ṡūrüxjɛ sōgūxjɛ | |
Negli scritti informali o colloquiali è diffusa tuttavia una serie di desinenze semplificate, che si applicano solo all’aggettivo in funzione attributiva.
| sowgul‘ ojh sur‘il‘ | sowgunol‘ onæh sur‘inol‘ | ||
In alcune forme dialettali la semplificazione è maggiore, in quanto -r è divenuta desinenza tipica sia del genitivo che del dativo, mentre le forme plurali si accordano anche con le forme del duale.
L’uso di queste forme è proscritto nel linguaggio formale e nei testi scritti di tipo ufficiale.
