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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They agree in case and number with the modified noun. | |||
====Comparative==== | ====Comparative==== | ||
Comparative constructions have the ''compared-to'' term affixed with the suffix ''–los''. | |||
In this case, the modified noun precedes the "adjective", i.e. the ''comparative construction'' (adjective plus compared-to noun or noun phrase). | |||
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| {{sc|comp}} || -(a)los || -/ɐlos/ || comparative || Suffix || From ''losi'' (adj.) “(to be) the other” | |||
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The adjective is prefixed with ''de-'', from ''det''. | |||
{| | |||
| det || /ˈde̞t/ || adjective particle || ''with x'', ''x-ful'', ''having x (n.)''; ''very x'' (adj.) | |||
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[theme→what is being described] (is) {{sc|more}}-[adjective] [compared-to-noun]''-los'' | |||
[X] (is) {{sc|er}}-[adjective] [Y]-{{sc|than}} | |||
[wolf/dog] (is) {{sc|er}}-[small] [house]-{{sc|than}} | |||
[gangr] de-[som] [þane]-los | |||
“''gangr de-som þanelos''” | |||
===Verbal morphology=== | ===Verbal morphology=== | ||
====Verb conjugation paradigms==== | ====Verb conjugation paradigms==== |
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