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* Toponyms (except inherently dual or plural ones), personal names, and miscellaneous things that are semantically only singular (like many Yunyalīlti concepts, e.g. ''yunya'' or ''lillamurḍhyā'') are found exclusively in the singular. | * Toponyms (except inherently dual or plural ones), personal names, and miscellaneous things that are semantically only singular (like many Yunyalīlti concepts, e.g. ''yunya'' or ''lillamurḍhyā'') are found exclusively in the singular. | ||
==Adjectives and adverbs== | ==Adjectives and adverbs - Maihaleniausī khladaradhausī no halenī== | ||
Adjectives, in Chlouvānem, are actually a subset of nouns which have different forms depending on gender. They can function as attributes to nouns, but they can also be used without any noun, usually replacing it (and taking its gender) as a means of anaphora. If they are related to people, they take parrot gender: the common explanation is that they stand for <small>ADJ.</small> + ''lila'' (person).<br/> | Adjectives (''maihaleniausis haloe'', pl. ''maihaleniausī halenī''), in Chlouvānem, are actually a subset of nouns which have different forms depending on gender. They can function as attributes to nouns, but they can also be used without any noun, usually replacing it (and taking its gender) as a means of anaphora. If they are related to people, they take parrot gender: the common explanation is that they stand for <small>ADJ.</small> + ''lila'' (person).<br/> | ||
Adjectives decline much like nouns, except for a few small differences. Their dragon gender form, direct case, singular number, is the citation form. | Adjectives decline much like nouns, except for a few small differences. Their dragon gender form, direct case, singular number, is the citation form. | ||
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===Adverbs=== | ===Adverbs=== | ||
Adjectives are turned into adverbs by removing the ending (-as/us/is/es) and adding '''-ęe''' (''-nęe'' after vowel-final stems). Thus: | Adjectives are turned into adverbs (''khladaradhausis haloe'', pl. ''khladaradhausī halenī'') by removing the ending (-as/us/is/es) and adding '''-ęe''' (''-nęe'' after vowel-final stems). Thus: | ||
* ''tarlausis'' (scientific) → ''tarlausęe'' (scientifically, according to science) | * ''tarlausis'' (scientific) → ''tarlausęe'' (scientifically, according to science) | ||
* ''namęliausis'' (stakanovist) → ''namęliausęe'' (continuously; without any break) | * ''namęliausis'' (stakanovist) → ''namęliausęe'' (continuously; without any break) | ||