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===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===
===Negation===
===Negation===
Negation is marked by a verb prefix ''te-'' (realized as ''te’-'' before vowels).
===Numerals===
===Numerals===
Cabot Creole uses base-10 numerals, and numbers 1-10 have separate forms for human referents.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Numerals
|-
! !! 0 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 100 !! 1,000 !! 1,000,000
|-
! Nonhuman
| rowspan="2" | si:rò: || mų́n || thó: || thurí: || ho:rù || háy || síks || semų̀n || é:t || ną́:y || thę́n || rowspan="2" | hųrèt || rowspan="2" | thawsų̀n || rowspan="2" | mįyų̀n
|-
! Human
| lu:tsì:k || tekhì: || a:są̀ || ke:rì || quhìsk || tshatarę́ || tshatàk || tekhų́ || mąthų́ || wa:tshą̀:
|}
*Billions and above are borrowed ad hoc from English.
Ordinal numerals are derived with ''-wa:'', except for "first" this suffix is directly attached to the head noun.
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Constituent order===