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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 indefinite feminine nouns (i.e. nouns that ended in a vowel in Naquian) undergo lenition. | ||
:'''''ba seowan''''' | :'''''ba seowan''''' | ||
:''small person'' | :''a small person'' | ||
:'''''miv heowan''''' | :'''''miv heowan''''' | ||
:''small house'' | :''a small house'' | ||
Predicative adjectives precede the subject, while attributive adjectives follow it. | Predicative adjectives precede the subject, while attributive adjectives follow it. | ||