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| ==Adjectives and pronouns== | | ==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 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=== | | ===Adjectives=== |
| Attributive adjectives are always placed '''before''' the nouns they specify, while predicative adjectives are always placed ''after'' them of after the verb. | | Attributive adjectives are always placed '''before''' the nouns they specify, while predicative adjectives are always placed ''after'' them. |
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| çōvā vīru | | qad nɔhqɛ̱ṙ |
| <small>the young man</small> | | <small>a young man</small> |
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| vīru çōvā | | nɔhqɛ̱ṙ qad ē |
| <small>the man is young</small> | | <small>the man is young</small> |
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| All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings.
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| ====Declension of qualifying adjectives====
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| Adjectival declension follow the same rules as the nominal declension, with the same exceptions.
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| Example: ṡūriw, ''big'', with sōgu, ''house''
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| | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 160px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 160px;"|<center><small>''dual''</small></center> || style="width: 160px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center>
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| | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || ṡūriw sōgu || ṡūriwhiw sōguhiw || ṡūrü sōgū
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| | <center><small>''genitive''</small></center> || ṡūriwrɛ sōgurɛ || ṡūriwhiwrɛ sōguhiwrɛ || ṡūrürɛ sōgūrɛ
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| | <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || ṡūriwxjɛ sōguxjɛ || ṡūriwhiwxjɛ sōguhiwxjɛ || ṡūrüxjɛ sōgūxjɛ
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| In the colloquial speech and in informal texts, attributive adjectives display a set of simpler endings.
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| | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || ṡūriw sōgu || ṡūriwhiw sōguhiw || ṡūrü sōgū
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| | <center><small>''genitive''</small></center> || ṡūriwr sōgurɛ || ṡūriwhiwr sōguhiwrɛ || ṡūrür sōgūrɛ
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| | <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || ṡūriwx sōguxjɛ || ṡūriwhiwx sōguhiwxjɛ || ṡūrüx sōgūxjɛ
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| In some dialects, this set is even simpler, both losing the distinction between the genitive case and the dative case ending, which merge in the sole ending -r, and losing the distinction between plural and dual forms, which are conveyed by the plural forms alone.
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| | <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || ṡūriw sōgu || ṡūrü sōguhiw || ṡūrü sōgū
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| | <center><small>''genitive''</small></center> || ṡūriwr sōgurɛ || ṡūrür sōguhiwrɛ || ṡūrür sōgūrɛ
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| | <center><small>''dative''</small></center> || ṡūriwr sōguxjɛ || ṡūrür sōguhiwxjɛ || ṡūrür sōgūxjɛ
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| The usage of these simpler sets of endings is generally proscribed in formal speech and in official texts.
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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
Attributive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they specify, while predicative adjectives are always placed after them.
qad nɔhqɛ̱ṙ
a young man
nɔhqɛ̱ṙ qad ē
the man is young
