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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.

	singular	plural
ergative	-l	-liən
absolutive	-	-n
genitive	-r	-r
dative	-x	-x
causative	-x	-x
abessive	-	-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: rēʔo, new

	attributive declension		predicative declension
	singular	plural	singular	plural
ergative	rēʔol	rēʔoliən	rēʔoliə	rēʔoliəno
absolutive	rēʔo	rēʔon	rēʔo	rēʔono
genitive	rēʔor	rēʔor	rēʔora	rēʔorano
dative	rēʔox	rēʔox	rēʔoxə	rēʔoxəno
causative	rēʔox	rēʔox	rēʔoxəw	rēʔoxəwno
abessive	rēʔo	rēʔon	rēʔogiəl	rēʔogiəlno