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Also, while the root form of a verb usually follows a CVCV pattern, if there is more than one syllable, the last vowel is dropped. | Also, while the root form of a verb usually follows a CVCV pattern, if there is more than one syllable, the last vowel is dropped. | ||
===Adjectives=== | |||
Adjectives qualify nouns. As such, they agree with the noun they qualify in class and, depending on the syntax, in definiteness : while usually placed immediately before the noun and not marked for definiteness, for emphatic or poetic purposes it can be placed after the noun and is then marked for definiteness, in agreement with the noun. | |||
===Adverbs=== | |||
Adverbs qualify verbs or adjectives. They are usually placed before the verb or adjective they qualify. Adverbs and adjectives are usually formed on the same lexical base and differ formally only by which inflectional marks of agreement they take. When an adverb qualifies a verb, then it agrees with the verb in polarity and tense : POL-root-TAM. When an adverb qualifies an adjective, then it agrees with the adjective in class, and with the verb of the sentence in polarity, if applicable : CL-POL-root. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||