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====Adjectives and adverbs==== | ====Adjectives and adverbs==== | ||
Adjectives decline only in an attributive position, they do not in a predicate situation. Cf. [[w:German language|German]] ''die schwarze Magd'' vs ''die Magd ist schwarz''. | Adjectives decline only in an attributive position, they do not in a predicate situation. Cf. [[w:German language|German]] ''die schwarze Magd'' vs ''die Magd ist schwarz''. Some adjectives undergo umlaut, such as old, ölder, and öldest. Many Evonish adverbs are not derived from any other word class. | ||
Some adjectives undergo umlaut, such as old, ölder, and öldest. | |||
Many Evonish adverbs are not derived from any other word class. | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width: 500px; " | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width: 500px; " | ||
! | !Part of Speech | ||
! | !Affix or Root | ||
!Type | |||
!Ending | !Ending | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="3"| | ! rowspan="6"| Adjective | ||
! rowspan="3"| None | |||
|Positive | |||
| -- | |||
|- | |||
|Comparative | |||
| -er | |||
|- | |||
|Superlative | |||
| -est | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3"| -ig | |||
|Positive | |Positive | ||
| -- | | -- | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="2"| Adverb | ! rowspan="2"| Adverb | ||
!Adjective | |||
| -lic | | -lic | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Noun | |||
| -weis | | -weis | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Comparisons==== | ====Comparisons==== | ||
Comparative forms use the particle "ðann" followed by the noun(s) being compared to. <br> | Comparative forms use the particle "ðann" followed by the noun(s) being compared to. <br> | ||