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===Adjectives and adverbs=== | ===Adjectives and adverbs=== | ||
Adjectives, in Chlouvānem, are actually a subset of nouns which have different forms depending on gender. They can function as attributes to nouns, but they can also be used without any noun, usually replacing it (and taking its gender) as a means of anaphora. | |||
Adjectives decline much like nouns, except for a few small differences. Their dragon gender form, direct case, singular number, is the citation form. | |||
==== Dragon gender (kaṃšūlñis) ==== | |||
There are three main adjectival declensions: '''-as''', '''-us''', and '''-is'''; a small subset of '''-es''' adjectives (mainly ordinal numbers) follows the '''-is''' pattern except for plural direct and locative (having ''-eye'' instead of ''-ī'') and having ''-e'' as a thematic vowel instead of ''-i'' before endings.<br> | |||
Translative, exessive, essive, dative, ablative, and locative forms are exactly the same as for nouns. Forms that are different from the nominal declensions are in '''bold''': | |||
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! 1s !! Singular !! Dual !! Plural !! 2s !! Singular !! Dual !! Plural !! 3s !! Singular !! Dual !! Plural | |||
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| '''Direct''' || prātūkas <small>''"windy"''</small> || '''prātūkadi''' || prātūke || || mālthus <small>''"last"''</small> || mālthudi || mālthuvī || || tarlausis <small>''"scientific"''</small> || tarlausidi || '''tarlausī''' | |||
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| '''Vocative''' || '''prātūka''' || '''prātūkadi''' || prātūke || || mālthu || mālthuvī || mālthuvī || || tarlausi || tarlausidi || '''tarlausī''' | |||
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| '''Accusative''' || prātūku || '''prātūkadu''' || prātūkānu || || mālthau || mālthudau || mālthūnu || || tarlausiu || tarlausidau || tarlausiānu | |||
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| '''Ergative''' || '''prātūkai''' || '''prātūkaden''' || prātūkān || || mālthoṃs || mālthudeni || mālthān || || tarlausiei || tarlausideni || tarlausiān | |||
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| '''Genitive''' || '''prātūkuyi''' || '''prātūkadais''' || prātūkumi || || '''mālthuyi''' || mālthudais || '''mālthūmi''' || || '''tarlausiai''' || tarlausideis || '''tarlausieis''' | |||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||