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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives do not take affixes. However, adjectives modifying feminine nouns (i.e. nouns that ended in a vowel in Naquian) undergo lenition. | Adjectives do not take affixes. However, adjectives modifying feminine nouns (i.e. nouns that ended in a vowel in Naquian) undergo lenition. | ||
:''ba seowan'' | |||
:''small person'' | |||
:''miv heowan'' | |||
:''small house'' | |||
Predicative adjectives precede the subject, while attributive adjectives follow it. | Predicative adjectives precede the subject, while attributive adjectives follow it. | ||