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===Intransitive Verbs as Adjectives=== | ===Intransitive Verbs as Adjectives=== | ||
Cha adjectives, from the grammatical point of view, do not differ from intransitive verbs. In a way, all | Cha adjectives, from the grammatical point of view, do not differ from intransitive verbs. In a way, all Da adjectives are participles. They end with ''-i'' and go after the noun. | ||
Adjectives often play the role of a verb in a sentence, requiring no copula. For example, '' | Adjectives often play the role of a verb in a sentence, requiring no copula. For example, ''losí'' (beautiful) can be used in ''Ku nunmelo losí'' (You are a beautiful girl) as well as ''Nunmel ká losí roi'' (This girl is very beautiful). | ||
Just like verbs, adjectives can have aspects: ''Mihan | Just like verbs, adjectives can have aspects: ''Mihan losissi dili e nerekélao katei'' (The car, once beautiful, was now dirty and scratched). | ||
Another way of looking at adjectives is to see them as one-word subordinate clauses. The word '' | Another way of looking at adjectives is to see them as one-word subordinate clauses. The word ''losí'' is composed of two words, ''loi'' "good" and ''sí'' "look" and literally means "good-looking". One can look at it as the verb that means "to look good". The phrase ''nunmel losí'' can be equally well translated as "a beautiful girl", "a good-looking girl" and "a girl '''that '''looks good". | ||
===Adverbs and Adverbial Clauses=== | ===Adverbs and Adverbial Clauses=== | ||