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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 may exhibit different forms in the root form, while similarly ending in a vowel.

Adjectives

Attributive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they specify, while predicative adjectives are always placed after them.

kiibe tterni
a young man

tterni kiibe
the man is young

All adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify, being declined with the nominal endings.

In number agreement, adjectives select the plural ending according to the semantical distinction between animate and inanimate of the nouns they specify. In some texts, conversely, adjectives firmly select the inanimate endings, even when specifying an animate noun.

kiibeže tterniže
the young men

kiibehii tterniže
the young men

Declension of qualifying adjectives

Examples: kiibe, young, and sampo, new, with a semantically animate noun with a front leading vowel, llærme, father, and a semantically inanimate noun with a back leading vowel, kooto, house.

	kiibe llærme
	singular	plural
nominative	kiibe llærme	kiibeže llærmeže
accusative	kiibene llærmene	kiibežene llærmežene
genitive	kiiberræ llærmerræ	kiibežerræ llærmežerræ
dative	kiibehee llærmehee	kiibežehee llærmežehee
ablative	kiibeśi llærmeśi	kiibežeśi llærmežeśi
instrumental	kiibeddee llærmeddee	kiibežeddee llærmežeddee
locative	kiibemi llærmemi	kiibežemi llærmežemi
allative	kiibeme llærmeme	kiibežeme llærmežeme
delative	kiibemæ llærmemæ	kiibežemæ llærmežemæ
benefactive	kiibegæ llærmegæ	kiibežegæ llærmežegæ
causative	kiibebbii llærmebbii	kiibežebbii llærmežebbii
abessive	kiibejje llærmejje	kiibežejje llærmežejje
essive	kiibewææ llærmewææ	kiibežewææ llærmežewææ
comparative	kiibehhæ llærmehhæ	kiibežehhæ llærmežehhæ
contrastive	kiibekkæ llærmekkæ	kiibežekkæ llærmežekkæ
partitive	kiibeppii llærmeppii	kiibežeppii llærmežeppii

	sampo kooto
	singular	plural
nominative	sampo kooto	sampohuu kootohuu
accusative	sampono kootono	sampohuuno kootohuuno
genitive	samporra kootorra	sampohuurra kootohuurra
dative	sampohoo kootohoo	sampohuuhoo kootohuuhoo
ablative	sampośu kootośu	sampohuuśu kootohuuśu
instrumental	sampoddoo kootoddoo	sampohuuddoo kootohuuddoo
locative	sampomu kootomu	sampohuumu kootohuumu
allative	sampomo kootomo	sampohuumo kootohuumo
delative	sampoma kootoma	sampohuuma kootohuuma
benefactive	sampoga kootoga	sampohuuga kootohuuga
causative	sampobbuu kootobbuu	sampohuubbuu kootohuubbuu
abessive	sampojjo kootojjo	sampohuujjo kootohuujjo
essive	sampowaa kootowaa	sampohuuwaa kootohuuwaa
comparative	sampohha kootohha	sampohuuhha kootohuuhha
contrastive	sampokka kootokka	sampohuukka kootohuukka
partitive	sampoppuu kootoppuu	sampohuuppuu kootohuuppuu