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Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, usually showing the same exceptions of nouns. Pronouns, instead, may exhibit different forms in the root form. | Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, usually showing the same exceptions of nouns. Pronouns, instead, may exhibit different forms in the root form. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Attributive adjectives are always placed ''' | Attributive adjectives are always placed '''before''' the nouns they specify, while predicative adjectives are always placed ''after'' them of after the verb. | ||
çōvā vīru | |||
<small>the young man</small> | <small>the young man</small> | ||
vīru çōvā | |||
<small>the man is young</small> | <small>the man is young</small> | ||
All adjectives agree in number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal | All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings. | ||
====Declension of qualifying adjectives==== | ====Declension of qualifying adjectives==== | ||
Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions. | Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions. | ||
Example: | Example: šɔrəj, ''big'', with hɔgo, ''house'' | ||
{|- | {|- | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 150px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || šɔrəj hɔgo || šɔrəjno hɔgono | ||
|- | |||
| <center><small>''oblique''</small></center> || šɔrəjre hɔgore || šɔrəjnure hɔgonure | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 04:28, 1 June 2025
Adjectives and pronouns
Adjectives closely resemble the noun form, usually showing the same exceptions of nouns. Pronouns, instead, may exhibit different forms in the root form.
Adjectives
Attributive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they specify, while predicative adjectives are always placed after them of after the verb.
çōvā vīru the young man
vīru çōvā the man is young
All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings.
Declension of qualifying adjectives
Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions.
Example: šɔrəj, big, with hɔgo, house
| šɔrəj hɔgo | šɔrəjno hɔgono | |
| šɔrəjre hɔgore | šɔrəjnure hɔgonure |
