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  <small>the man is young</small>
  <small>the man is young</small>


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.
All adjectives are usually deemed as indeclinable words, but they do agree in case and number with the noun they specify by placing the prepositive article before them. Attributive adjectives are always used with the prepositive article, while its usage with predicative article is optional.


====Declension of qualifying adjectives====
====Declension of qualifying adjectives====

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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 are usually deemed as indeclinable words, but they do agree in case and number with the noun they specify by placing the prepositive article before them. Attributive adjectives are always used with the prepositive article, while its usage with predicative article is optional.

Declension of qualifying adjectives

Example: rḗʔo, new

rḗʔo
singular
plural
agentive
rḗʔoli rḗʔonoli
passive
rḗʔo rḗʔono
ablative
rḗʔošu rḗʔonošu
genitive
rḗʔora rḗʔonora
dative
rḗʔoɣɑ rḗʔonoɣɑ
causative
rḗʔokhu rḗʔonokhu
instrumental
rḗʔokhɑ rḗʔonokhɑ
abessive
rḗʔogil rḗʔonogil
locative
rḗʔotsar rḗʔonotsar