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== Adjectives ==
== Adjectives ==


Adjectives in Maltcégj generally follow the noun they modify (e.g. ''wíðoc calíc'' sky blue 'blue sky'); however, when an adjective is used as a copula, it may stand on its own as a predicate to ''ek'' ('to be'), or be treated as a verb in its own right (e.g. ''ek gnída gnir'' is grass green, ''gnir gnida'' green grass - 'The grass is green.')
Adjectives in Maltcégj generally follow the noun they modify.  
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| wíðoc || calíc
|-
| sky || blue
|-
| 'blue sky'
|}
 
However, when an adjective is used as a copula, it may stand on its own as a predicate to ''ek'' ('to be'), or be treated as a verb in its own right.  
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| ''ek'' || ''gnída'' || ''gnir'' || (or) || ''gnir'' || ''gnída''
|-
| is|| grass || green || || is-green|| grass
|-
|colspan="6"| 'The grass is green.'
|}