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Pronominal adjectives - such as ''polc'' "many" (f. ''poltá'', n. ''poltom''), ''somals'' "all" (f. ''somalá'', n. ''somalom''), ''himbi'' (f. ''himbá'', n. ''himbim'') "both" - follow nominal declensions. The pronominal adjective ''máˤn'' (f. ''máˤná'', n. ''máˤnt'') "no", however, is declined like the demonstrative ''hiˤn''. | Pronominal adjectives - such as ''polc'' "many" (f. ''poltá'', n. ''poltom''), ''somals'' "all" (f. ''somalá'', n. ''somalom''), ''himbi'' (f. ''himbá'', n. ''himbim'') "both" - follow nominal declensions. The pronominal adjective ''máˤn'' (f. ''máˤná'', n. ''máˤnt'') "no", however, is declined like the demonstrative ''hiˤn''. | ||
====Comparatives and superlatives==== | |||
Contemporary Lifashian has two ways of forming comparatives and superlatives: a synthetic and an analytic way. The synthetic way is preferred in writing and has seen a sharp decline in usage in the last century, while in common speech and informal writing the analytic way is more common except for a few very common adjectives. | |||
Synthetic comparatives and superlatives are formed by adding, respectively, ''-terás'' or ''-istómás'' to the stem of adjectives: see for example ''zírengás'' "clever" > ''zírengterás'' "more clever" > ''zírengistómás'' "most clever"; ''fújás'' "tall/high" > ''fújiterás'' "taller/higher" > ''fújistómás'' "tallest/highest". | |||
Analytic comparatives and superlatives are formed by preceding the adjective with the adverb ''banje'' (or dialectally ''pulété'') (more), ''puléysti'' (most), ''faˤwté'' (less), or ''faˤwisti'' (least), e.g. ''banje zírengás, puléysti zírengás''; ''fawté fújás, fawisti fújás''. | |||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||