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Aside from certain independent adjectives, adjectives are often either considered to be a conjugation of its equivalent verb and vice-versa, with contrasting causative and predicative verb equivalents where the adjective is considered to be the attributive conjugate. Adjectives that are derived from nouns are often simply a mutation on the root plus the addition of an adjective-forming [[Contionary:-éa#Anrish|-éa]] suffix, and lack verbal & comparative forms because of this. | Aside from certain independent adjectives, adjectives are often either considered to be a conjugation of its equivalent verb and vice-versa, with contrasting causative and predicative verb equivalents where the adjective is considered to be the attributive conjugate. Adjectives that are derived from nouns are often simply a mutation on the root plus the addition of an adjective-forming [[Contionary:-éa#Anrish|-éa]] suffix, and lack verbal & comparative forms because of this. | ||
Comparatives are typically derived by the addition of an ‹-ra› or {{IPA|/-sa/}} to a mutation on the final consonant, where {{IPA|/k/, /m/, /n/, /p/, /t/}} will give ‹-r›, and {{IPA|/ð/, /f/, /l/, /ɬ/, /r/, /s/}} will give {{IPA|/-s/}}. The exceptions to this being a lone ‹s›, which will give ‹-rra› {{IPA|/-ɹa/}}. An interesting feature of this law is that non-syllabic vowels are considered to be a consonant for the purposes of adding the comparative-former to, but revert to a syllabic state upon the addition of the consonant. | Comparatives are typically derived by the addition of an ‹-ra› or {{IPA|/-sa/}} to a mutation on the final consonant, where {{IPA|/k/, /m/, /n/, /p/, /t/}} will give ‹-r›, and {{IPA|/ð/, /f/, /l/, /ɬ/, /r/, /s/}} will give {{IPA|/-s/}}. The exceptions to this being a lone ‹s›, which will give ‹-rra› {{IPA|/-ɹa/}}. An uncomparativized adjective ending in ‹-a› will undergo i-umlaut to the primary vowel, particularly in disyllabic words. An interesting feature of this law is that non-syllabic vowels are considered to be a consonant for the purposes of adding the comparative-former to, but revert to a syllabic state upon the addition of the consonant. | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
With conjugation divided according to classes, a weak/strong (nonconcatenative/concatenative) distinction, and a impersonal/semi-transitive distinction, Anrish has a 4th-dimensional conjugation system consisting of an active/passive voice-distinction, a 1/2/3 form-distinction, a non-past/past tense-distinction, and a subjunctive/indicative mood-distinction. Regarding the form-distinction in particular, the 3 forms correspond directly to a person-distinction, but are differentiated because of sound-changes merging archaic forms, as follows: | With conjugation divided according to classes, a weak/strong (nonconcatenative/concatenative) distinction, and a impersonal/semi-transitive distinction, Anrish has a 4th-dimensional conjugation system consisting of an active/passive voice-distinction, a 1/2/3 form-distinction, a non-past/past tense-distinction, and a subjunctive/indicative mood-distinction. Regarding the form-distinction in particular, the 3 forms correspond directly to a person-distinction, but are differentiated because of sound-changes merging archaic forms, as follows: | ||