Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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Predicate adjectives are declined differently than attributive adjectives; predicative adjectives carry the downstep on a non-final syllable, while the attributive adjectives have to agree with the downstep of the noun. | Predicate adjectives are declined differently than attributive adjectives; predicative adjectives carry the downstep on a non-final syllable, while the attributive adjectives have to agree with the downstep of the noun. | ||
Predicate adjectives can be used | Predicate adjectives can be used as complements of certain verbs (with meanings of being or change of state, or causing a change of state) and as non-restrictive appositional adjectives. | ||
Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X"). Adjectives exhibit tonal ablaut like those of nouns. | Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X"). Adjectives exhibit tonal ablaut like those of nouns. | ||