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Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They agree in case and number with the modified noun. | Adjectives precede the noun they modify. They agree in case and number with the modified noun. | ||
====· Comparatives==== | |||
Comparative constructions have the ''compared-to'' term affixed with the suffix ''-los''. In this case, the modified noun precedes the "adjective", i.e. the ''comparative construction'' (adjective plus compared-to noun or noun phrase). The adjective is prefixed with ''de-'', from ''det''. | |||
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| · {{sc|comp}} || -(a)los || -/ɐlos/ || comparative || Suffix || From ''losi'' (adj.) “(to be) the other” | |||
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| · det || /ˈde̞t/ || adjective particle || ''with x'', ''x-ful'', ''having x (n.)''; ''very x'' (adj.) | |||
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The structure of the comparative construction is: | |||
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! [X] || (is) || {{sc|er}}-[α] || [Y]-{{sc|than}} | |||
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| (theme, what is being described) || (is) || {{sc|more}}-[adjective] || [compared-to-noun]''-los'' | |||
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| colspan="3"|‹''gangr de-som þanelos''› | |||
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|[wolf/dog] || (is) || {{sc|er}}-[small] || [house]-{{sc|than}} | |||
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|[gangr] || || de-[som] || [þane]-los | |||
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====· Superlatives==== | |||
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! Grammatical gender !! colspan="3"|Superlative form !! Example | |||
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| rowspan="2"|Animate || - || || || | |||
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| rowspan="2"|{{sc|preposition}} || rowspan="2"|‹dette› || rowspan="2"|/de̞.tːɘ/ || rowspan="2"| (dette < det-det) | |||
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| rowspan="2"|Inanimate | |||
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| Indefinite || - || || || | |||
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===Verbal morphology=== | ===Verbal morphology=== | ||