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Adjectives usually follow nouns; they may precede nouns in poetry. | Adjectives usually follow nouns; they may precede nouns in poetry. | ||
Degree | Adverbs can be formed from both verbs adjectives by adding ''dy'' before the verb or adjective. However, often adverbs are unmarked. | ||
====Degree==== | |||
Eevo has lost the Tigol reduplicated comparative/superlative. However, some fossilized comparative forms survive in the modern language. | |||
*''fan X'' = comparative | *''fan X'' = comparative | ||
*''nuab X'' = superlative | *''nuab X'' = superlative | ||
*''llaw X'' = very | *''llaw X'' = very | ||
*''jal X'' = too X | *''jal X'' = too X | ||
====Construct adjectives==== | ====Construct adjectives==== | ||
An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are chiefly used in literary Skellan; it also survives in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy'). | An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are chiefly used in literary Skellan; it also survives in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy'). | ||