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== Adjectives == | == Adjectives == | ||
Adjectives in Maltcégj generally follow the noun they modify | Adjectives in Maltcégj generally follow the noun they modify. | ||
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| wíðoc || calíc | |||
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| sky || blue | |||
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| 'blue sky' | |||
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However, when an adjective is used as a copula, it may stand on its own as a predicate to ''ek'' ('to be'), or be treated as a verb in its own right. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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| ''ek'' || ''gnída'' || ''gnir'' || (or) || ''gnir'' || ''gnída'' | |||
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| is|| grass || green || || is-green|| grass | |||
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|colspan="6"| 'The grass is green.' | |||
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