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There are no adjectives per se in Rencadian, only abstract nouns whose genitives can function as adjectives: | There are no adjectives per se in Rencadian, only abstract nouns whose genitives can function as adjectives: | ||
zjaer | *''zjaereo'' = small (< ''zjaer'' 'smallness') | ||
doasc aereo = small number | *''doasc aereo'' = small number | ||
zaweoth zjaereo = small ant | *''zaweoth zjaereo'' = small ant | ||
Adjectives lenite after feminine nouns but not after masculine nouns. | Adjectives lenite after feminine nouns (e.g. ''doasc'') but not after masculine nouns (e.g. ''zaweoth''). | ||
Relative clauses are marked with the words 'reo' or 'tjeo' (both meaning 'of', but 'reo' is used when the complement is definite). Rencadian uses resumptive pronouns a lot -- so "the man who the wolf ate" literally translates as "the man of the wolf eating him". | Relative clauses are marked with the words 'reo' or 'tjeo' (both meaning 'of', but 'reo' is used when the complement is definite). Rencadian uses resumptive pronouns a lot -- so "the man who the wolf ate" literally translates as "the man of the wolf eating him". | ||