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| Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They agree in case and number with the modified noun. | | Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They agree in case and number with the modified noun. |
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| ====Comparative====
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| 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). The adjective is prefixed with ''de-'', from ''det''.
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| | · {{sc|comp}} || -(a)los || -/ɐlos/ || comparative || Suffix || From ''losi'' (adj.) “(to be) the other”
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| | · det || /ˈde̞t/ || adjective particle || ''with x'', ''x-ful'', ''having x (n.)''; ''very x'' (adj.)
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| The structure of the comparative construction is:
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| ! [X] || (is) || {{sc|er}}-[α] || [Y]-{{sc|than}}
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| | (theme, what is being described) || (is) || {{sc|more}}-[adjective] || [compared-to-noun]''-los''
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| | colspan="3"|‹''gangr de-som þanelos''›
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| |[wolf/dog] || (is) || {{sc|er}}-[small] || [house]-{{sc|than}}
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| |[gangr] || || de-[som] || [þane]-los
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| ===Verbal morphology=== | | ===Verbal morphology=== |