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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify, taking the appropriate adjective concord prefixes (see [[Kola#Noun_classes|noun classes]]). However, except in very formal language, the full set of prefixes is not used and is replaced with animacy concords. Adjectives modifying animate nouns use class 1/2 prefixes (for the singular/plural repectively), and those modifying inanimate nouns use class 9/10 or 5/6 or 9/6 prefixes. In very informal language, the concord prefixes can be dropped entirely. | |||
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2 | Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They can be used independently without a noun, in which case the concord prefix is obligatory and cannot be dropped. | ||
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4 | ===Numbers=== | ||
5 | In this table, animacy concord is used (with 9/10 for inanimate). | ||
6 | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
7 | |+ Kola numbers | ||
8 | |- | ||
9 | ! !! colspan="4"| Cardinal !! rowspan="3" | Ordinal | ||
10 | |- | ||
- | ! !! rowspan="2" | Counting !! colspan="3" | Adjective | ||
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! !! stem !! animate !! inanimate | |||
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! 0 | |||
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! 1 | |||
| መሲ mäsi || ሙ mu || ምሙ mïmu || ሙ mu || | |||
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! 2 | |||
| ውሊ wïli || ውሊ wïli || ዎሊ woli || ብሊ bïli || | |||
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! 3 | |||
| ጣጥ thath || ጣጥ thath || ወጣጥ wäthath || ታጥ tath || | |||
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! 4 | |||
| ኔ ne || ኔ ne || ወኔ wäne || ኔ ne || | |||
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! 5 | |||
| ጫን chan || ጫን chan || ወጫን wächan || ቻን can || | |||
|- | |||
! 6 | |||
| ቃጘ qangä || ቃጘ qangä || ወቃጘ wäqangä || ካጘ kangä || | |||
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! 7 | |||
| ጦሎ tholo || ጦሎ tholo || ወጦሎ wätholo || ቶሎ tolo || | |||
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! 8 | |||
| ናኔ nane || ናኔ nane || ወናኔ wänane || ናኔ nane || | |||
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! 9 | |||
| ሰጛን sängan || ሰጛን sängan || ወሰጛን wäsängan || ሰጛን sängan || | |||
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! 10 | |||
| ቁም qum || ቁም qum || ወቁም wäqum || ኩም kum || | |||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||