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Adjectives and pronouns

Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, while usually differing in their last vowel. 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 or before the verb.

symi hene
(the) young man

hene symi imüg
(the) man is young

All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings. They thus display a complete declension set, not belonging inherently to one of the two classes.

symiħ heneħ nuβi döme ta čoʂima dömšäma weħüg
the young man’s new house is located in the nearby village

Declension of qualifying adjectives

Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions.

Adjectives are declined for number by changing the last vowel of the noun root. The general vowel changes are:

i → y

y → ü

Other vowels usually display the same changes as the nominal declension, or they are deemed as irregular and thus shown in the vocabulary.

All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings. They thus display a complete declension set, not belonging inherently to one of the two classes.

Examples: symi, young, and nuβi, new, with a class I noun, rome, father, and a class II noun, döme, house.

	symi rome
	singular	plural
ergative	symik romek	symyk romik
absolutive	symi rome	symy romi
genitive	symiħ romeħ	symyħ romiħ
dative	symiɕ romeɕ	symyɕ romiɕ
causative	symin romen	symyn romin
oblique	symima romema	symyma romima

	symi rome
	singular	plural
ergative	-	-
absolutive	nuβi döme	nuβy dömi
genitive	nuβiħ dömeħ	nuβyħ dömiħ
dative	nuβiɕ dömeɕ	nuβyɕ dömiɕ
causative	nuβin dömen	nuβyn dömin
oblique	nuβima dömema	nuβyma dömima