Scellan: Difference between revisions

Line 733:

Adjectives usually follow nouns; they may precede nouns in poetry.

Degree: Eevo lost the Tigol reduplicated comparative/superlative. However, some fossilized comparative forms survive in the modern language.

Adverbs can be formed from both verbs adjectives by adding ''dy'' before the verb or adjective. However, often adverbs are unmarked.

====Degree====

Eevo has lost the Tigol reduplicated comparative/superlative. However, some fossilized comparative forms survive in the modern language.

*''fan X'' = comparative

*''nuab X'' = superlative

*''llaw X'' = very

*''jal X'' = too X

~~Adverbs can be formed from both verbs adjectives by adding ''dy'' before the verb or adjective. However, often adverbs are unmarked.~~

====Construct adjectives====

An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are chiefly used in literary Skellan; it also survives in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy').

@@ Line 733: / Line 733: @@
 Adjectives usually follow nouns; they may precede nouns in poetry.
-Degree: Eevo lost the Tigol reduplicated comparative/superlative. However, some fossilized comparative forms survive in the modern language.
+Adverbs can be formed from both verbs adjectives by adding ''dy'' before the verb or adjective. However, often adverbs are unmarked.
+====Degree====
+Eevo has lost the Tigol reduplicated comparative/superlative. However, some fossilized comparative forms survive in the modern language.
 *''fan X'' = comparative
 *''nuab X'' = superlative
 *''llaw X'' = very
 *''jal X'' = too X
-Adverbs can be formed from both verbs adjectives by adding ''dy'' before the verb or adjective. However, often adverbs are unmarked.
 ====Construct adjectives====
 An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are chiefly used in literary Skellan; it also survives in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy').