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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.
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| mēʔiəs sōgo rēʔo līrora jōpār ʔūm ləḱiə piəko
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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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| Example: rēʔo, ''new''
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| | <center><small>''ergative''</small></center> || rēʔol || rēʔoliən || rēʔoliə || rēʔoliəno
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| | <center><small>''absolutive''</small></center> || rēʔo || rēʔon || rēʔo || rēʔono
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| | <center><small>''genitive''</small></center> || rēʔor || rēʔor || rēʔora || rēʔorano
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| | <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || rēʔox || rēʔox || rēʔoxə || rēʔoxəno
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| | <center><small>''causative''</small></center> || rēʔox || rēʔox || rēʔoxəw || rēʔoxəwno
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| | <center><small>''abessive''</small></center> || rēʔo || rēʔon || rēʔogiəl || rēʔogiəlno
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Adjectives and pronouns
Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, while displaying a greater variety. 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 exceptions.
îrə ô jóβé
the young man
îrə án (ô) jóβé
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.
