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===Determiners=== | ===Determiners=== | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives must agree with their noun in gender, number and case, and follow the same declension patterns as nouns. A-stem adjectives take the o-stem endings following a feminine noun (e.g. '' | Adjectives must agree with their noun in gender, number and case, and follow the same declension patterns as nouns. A-stem adjectives take the o-stem endings following a feminine noun (e.g. ''dæni sini'' 'old men' but ''rægi sjano'' 'old women', ''hœðlo sjano'' 'old stories'). | ||
====Comparison==== | |||
Comparative adjectives are only used predicatively (not attributively) and decline only for number and gender, not case. They are formed with the following suffixes: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
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! width="100px;" | !! width="100px;" | Singular !! width="100px;" | Plural | |||
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! Masc/Fem. | |||
| ''-ju<sup><small>I</small></sup> || ''-ja''<sup><small>I</small></sup> | |||
|- | |||
! Neut. | |||
| ―<sup><small>I</small></sup> || ''-jo''<sup><small>I</small></sup> | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
The following adjectives are compared irregularly: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! width="150px;" | Positive !! width="100px;" | Comparative !! width="100px;" | Superlative | |||
|- | |||
! ''dah'' 'good' | |||
| ''vjall'' || ''villjau'' | |||
|- | |||
! ''druh'' 'bad' | |||
| ''vaut'' || ''vaudau'' | |||
|- | |||
! ''ljaðan'' 'wide' | |||
| ''liðju'' || ''liðjau'' | |||
|- | |||
! ''mor'' 'big' | |||
| ''maju'' || ''mau'' | |||
|- | |||
! ''seir'' 'long' | |||
| ''siju'' || ''sijau'' | |||
|- | |||
! ''ail'' 'high'' | |||
| ''ai'' || ''au'' | |||
|} | |||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||