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Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They agree in case and number with the modified noun. | Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They agree in case and number with the modified noun. | ||
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'''· ''{{sc|a}} is {{sc|x}}-er than {{sc|b}}'' (comparative)''' | |||
In the case of comparative constructions, deviating from the norm, the modified noun precedes the "adjective", i.e. the ''comparative construction'' (adjective plus ''compared-to noun'' or ''nominal phrase''). The ''compared-to'' term is affixed with the comparative suffix {{sc|comp.than}} ''-(a)los'' (from ''losi'', adj. “(to be) the other”). The adjective, in turn, is affixed with the comparative suffix {{sc|comp.more}} ''de-'' (from ''det'', adj. “with x, x-ful, having x (n.); very x (adj.)”). | |||
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==== | '''· ''{{sc|a}} is as {{sc|x}} as {{sc|b}}'' (equative)''' | ||
''Perifrastic workaround: “as for A and B, their respective x-ity is equal”'' | |||
Relative forms use the following affixes: | |||
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| {{sc|comp.more}} || de- || /de̞/- || ''compared-by'' adjective || from ''det'', adj. “with x, x-ful, having x (n.); very x (adj.)” | |||
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| {{sc|comp.than}} || -(a)los || -/ɐ.lo̞s/ || ''compared-to'' noun || from ''losi'', adj. “(to be) the other” | |||
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| {{sc|comp.as}} || -wes || -/we̞s/ || equative || from ''wesse'',adj. „(to be) equal“ | |||
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Superlative forms are marked as follows: | Superlative forms are marked as follows: | ||
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====Colour terms==== | |||
Ikronurum has basic colour terms and standarized derived colour terms. Further ad hoc colour terms can be derived as well. | |||
Derived colour terms are constructed using the word for colour, ''agoro'' /ˈʔɑ.go̞ɾo̞/, in a genitive compound with the thing of the colour one wants to refer to, and marked with the adjectivizer suffix {{sc|adjz}} ''-rin''. The verb used to refer to something being "of x colour“ is ''nontur'' /ˈno̞n.tuɾ/, "to.take.with, to.take.along, to.bring.with, to.bring.along; to.carry" (used with flavours and some attributes -e.g. strength- to convey the meaning of "having X“ of "being X“). | |||
===Verbal morphology=== | ===Verbal morphology=== | ||