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| ==Adjectives and pronouns== | | ==Adjectives and pronouns== |
| Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, usually showing the same exceptions of nouns, but differing in their thematic vowel. Pronouns, instead, may exhibit different forms in the root form. | | Adjectives and pronouns have their own form, and they do not display any morphological change for either number, case or definiteness. |
| ===Adjectives=== | | ===Adjectives=== |
| Both attributive and predicative adjectives are always placed '''after''' the nouns they specify, with a few exceptions. | | Both attributive and predicative adjectives are always placed '''after''' the nouns they specify. |
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| ek‘ żen s‘em‘ | | rosmɔ ī́rjun |
| <small>the young man</small> | | <small>a young man</small> |
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| ek‘ żen imo s‘em‘ | | ɛšaʔ rosmɔ ī́rjun |
| <small>the man is young</small> | | <small>the man is young</small> |
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| 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.
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| ek‘ towm nyb‘ evo żenevo s‘em‘ivo jeso ða towmšævo kuh‘ivo
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| <small>the young man’s new house is located in the nearby village</small>
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| ====Declension of qualifying adjectives====
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| Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions.
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| All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings.
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| Examples: s‘em‘, ''young'', and nyb‘, ''new'', with two nouns, om, ''father'', and towm, ''house''.
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| | || colspan="2" | <center>om s‘em‘</center>
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| | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 140px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 140px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center>
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| | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || om s‘em‘ || om‘e s‘em‘i
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| | <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || omevo s‘em‘ivo || om‘evo s‘em‘ivo
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| | || colspan="2" | <center>towm nyb‘</center>
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| | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || towm nyb‘ || towm‘e nyb‘i
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| | <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || towmevo nyb‘ivo || towm‘evo nyb‘ivo
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Adjectives and pronouns
Adjectives and pronouns have their own form, and they do not display any morphological change for either number, case or definiteness.
Adjectives
Both attributive and predicative adjectives are always placed after the nouns they specify.
rosmɔ ī́rjun
a young man
ɛšaʔ rosmɔ ī́rjun
the man is young
