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* ''Is ist þiža brœuðro sīnaro sa hǭðist.'' ‘He is the tallest of his brothers.’ (Literally: “He is of-the brothers of-himself the tallest.”) | * ''Is ist þiža brœuðro sīnaro sa hǭðist.'' ‘He is the tallest of his brothers.’ (Literally: “He is of-the brothers of-himself the tallest.”) | ||
====Irregular and Suppletive Forms | ===Adverbialization=== | ||
Historically, adverbs are formed from adjectives in a variety of ways. The most common, however, is to add the suffix ‑sua (often reduced to ‑so, especially in speech) after the stem vowel. | |||
* '''''mikils''''' ‘big’ → '''''mikilasua''''' ‘largely’ | |||
* '''''synikus''''' ‘honest’ → '''''synikusua''''' ‘honestly’ | |||
* '''''mǣst''''' ‘most’ → '''''mǣstasua''''' ‘mostly’ | |||
===Irregular and Suppletive Forms=== | |||
There are a number of irregular and suppletive forms of adjectives. | There are a number of irregular and suppletive forms of adjectives. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Positive | |||
! Comparative | |||
! Superlative | |||
! Adverbial | |||
|- | |||
| '''''gōþs''''' ‘good’ | |||
| '''''batums''''' ‘better’ | |||
| '''''batist''''' ‘best’ | |||
| '''''wǣla''''' ‘well’ | |||
|- | |||
| '''''uvils''''' ‘bad’ | |||
| '''''vresums''''' ‘worse’ | |||
| '''''vresist''''' ‘worst’ | |||
| '''''uvilasua''''' ‘badly’ | |||
|- | |||
| '''''fǭs''''' ‘little, few’ | |||
| '''''mitnums''''' ‘less, fewer’ | |||
| '''''mitnist'''''~'''''faugist''''' ‘least, fewest’ | |||
| — | |||
|- | |||
| '''''filus''''' ‘much, many’ | |||
| '''''mǣžums''''' ‘more’ | |||
| '''''mǣst''''' ‘most’ | |||
| '''''mǣstasua''''' ‘mostly’ | |||
|} | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
'''[[:Category: Valthungian words|Valthungian Words on Contionary]]''' | '''[[:Category: Valthungian words|Valthungian Words on Contionary]]''' | ||