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<small>the man is young</small> | <small>the man is young</small> | ||
Prepositive 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. Attributive adjectives, conversely, agree with the noun they specify, being declined with a different set of ending. | |||
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| style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 60px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 60px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | |||
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| <center><small>''ergative''</small></center> || -l || -liən | |||
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| <center><small>''absolutive''</small></center> || - || -n | |||
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| <center><small>''genitive''</small></center> || -r || -r | |||
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| <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || -x || -x | |||
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| <center><small>''causative''</small></center> || -x || -x | |||
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| <center><small>''abessive''</small></center> || - || -n | |||
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This declension pattern display a substantially poorer set of endings. Number is not conveyed in the primary oblique cases, while the endings of the abessive case are the same of the absolutive case. | |||
mēʔiəs sōgo rēʔo līrora jōpār ʔūm ləḱiə piəko | mēʔiəs sōgo rēʔo līrora jōpār ʔūm ləḱiə piəko | ||
Revision as of 03:09, 31 May 2025
Adjectives and pronouns
Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, mostly ending in a vowel and showing the same exceptions of nouns. Pronouns, instead, may exhibit different forms in the root form.
Adjectives
Both attributive and predicative adjectives are always placed after the nouns they specify, with a few exception.
līro jōpā the young man
ʔəɳ līro jōpā the man is young
Prepositive 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. Attributive adjectives, conversely, agree with the noun they specify, being declined with a different set of ending.
| -l | -liən | |
| - | -n | |
| -r | -r | |
| -x | -x | |
| -x | -x | |
| - | -n |
This declension pattern display a substantially poorer set of endings. Number is not conveyed in the primary oblique cases, while the endings of the abessive case are the same of the absolutive case.
mēʔiəs sōgo rēʔo līrora jōpār ʔūm ləḱiə piəko the young man’s new house is located in the nearby village
Declension of qualifying adjectives
Example: rēhu, new
| rēhuliw | rēhuhiwliw | rēhunuliw | |
| rēhu | rēhuhiw | rēhunu | |
| rēhušu | rēhuhiwšu | rēhunušu | |
| rēhurɛ | rēhuhiwrɛ | rēhunurɛ | |
| rēhuxjɛ | rēhuhiwxjɛ | rēhunuxjɛ | |
| rēhuku | rēhuhiwku | rēhunuku | |
| rēhukjɛ1 | rēhuhiwkjɛ1 | rēhunukjɛ1 | |
1 These forms are deemed as obsolete and rapidly vanishing from current usage.
