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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives agree in not only number, definiteness and gender with their heads, but also in possessedness. Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X"). Adjectives exhibit tonal ablaut like those of nouns. | Adjectives agree in not only number, definiteness and gender with their heads, but also in possessedness. Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X"). Adjectives exhibit tonal ablaut like those of nouns. Adjectival declension disagrees with nominal inflection in that the absolute possessive form of adjectives modifies the conjunct possessive of nouns. | ||
====Declension==== | ====Declension==== | ||
====Degree==== | ====Degree==== | ||
Adjectives with degree inflections may be nominalized to derive, for example, meanings such as "supreme strength" from "the very strongest". | Adjectives with degree inflections may be nominalized to derive, for example, meanings such as "supreme strength" from "the very strongest". | ||
====Irregular adjectives==== | ====Irregular adjectives==== | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
====Personal==== | ====Personal==== | ||