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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives in Af Mexee are technically verbs. Unlike other verbs, they do not vary according to gender. However, they are conjugated for time and person (following the adjectival conjugation). | Adjectives in Af Mexee are technically verbs. Unlike other verbs, they do not vary according to gender. However, they are conjugated for time and person (following the adjectival conjugation). When used with a noun, they always have a final high tone due to being in the subjunctive (see [[Af Mexee#Dependent clauses|Dependent clauses]] for more information). | ||
e.g. ''min | e.g. ''min yár'' "a small house", ''min yaraáy'' "a house that was small" | ||
Adjectives can be reduplicated and/or take [[#Class III: Adjectival Conjugation|adjectival conjugation]] endings to show plurality, or the singular forms may be used. | Adjectives can be reduplicated and/or take [[#Class III: Adjectival Conjugation|adjectival conjugation]] endings to show plurality, or the singular forms may be used. | ||
e.g. '' | e.g. ''minóoyn yaryár/yaryaraán/yár/yaraán'' "small houses" | ||
In the present, Class III long forms can be used predicatively for disambiguation. | While predicative and descriptive uses of adjectives differ in tone, they are almost identical. In the present, Class III long forms can be used predicatively for disambiguation. Focus particles such as ''waa'' can also be used (note that in the present, ''waa'' can only be used with the long forms). | ||
e.g. '' | e.g. ''ínanki <b>yár</b>'' "the '''small''' boy" | ||
:'' | :''ínanki <b>yar</b>'' "the boy '''is small'''" | ||
:'' | :''ínanki (waa) <b>yaryaha</b>'' "the boy '''is small'''" | ||
:'' | :''ínankíi <b>yaraáy</b>'' "the boy '''that was small'''" | ||
:''ínankíi (waa) <b>yaraay</b>''"the boy '''was small'''" | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||