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=Adjectives=
 
 
==Nouns with adjectival modifiers and articles==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! -------------Gloss------------- !! Unmodified Art-N (sg.) !! Unmodified Art-N (pl.) !! Modified singular !! Modified plural !! Session !! Sound 1 !! Sound 2
 
|-
 
| tall/long fence || || || a ding a ciig ale || a ding a ciig ake || OAD_074 || ||
 
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| iron fence || || || a ding jelem ale || a ding a celem ake || OAD_074 ||
 
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| wooden fence || || || a ding a tex ale || a ding a tex ake || OAD_047 ||
 
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| fat pig || ruul ke || a tuul ake || ruul mak le, <br> ruul mak nu le || atuul a maak ake || OAD_047 || ||
 
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| pretty insect || jejet ne || jejet ke || jejet o mosu le <br> jejet farj'u le || jejet mosu ke <br> jejet parj'u ke || OAD_047 ||
 
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| vicious rumor || o nan o le || xa nan axe || o nan o farj'u le || xa nan xa pardu xe || OAD_047 ||
 
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| bright light || leer le || xa leer axe || leer leru le || xa leer xa leeru xe || OAD_047
 
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| delicious fruit || ? || ? || oɓii o felu || ? || OAD_028
 
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| disgusting fruit || ? || ? || oɓii o feler <br> oɓii o la feleer na || ? || OAD_028
 
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| delicious pig || ? || ? || ruul felu || ? || OAD_028
 
|}
 
 
==Special modification pattern for tastes==
 
 
oɓii o safu suukar
 
<br>sweet fruit
 
 
ndawal safu kaane
 
<br>spicy meat
 
 
 
==Possessive Paradigms==
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Gloss !! Bare !! -------------My------------ !! ------------Your----------- !! ------------His/her/its------------ !! ------------Our------------ !! ------------Your.pl------------ !! ------------Their------------ || Session ||
 
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| Pig || ruul <br> a tuul || ruul es le <br> a tuul es (ke?) || ruul lof le <br> a tuul of a ke || ruul lum le <br> a tuul lum a ke || ruul in le <br> a tull in a ke || || ruul den le <br> a tuul den a ke || OAD_047
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
==Nouns with adjectival modifiers and possessors==
 
 
==Comparatives and Superlatives==
 
 
==Nouns with adjectival modifiers and demonstratives==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Gloss !! Bare !! ----This N----- !! ----That N (visible)------ !! ------That N (not visible)------ !! ----This Adj-N------ !! ----That Adj-N (visible)---- !! ----That Adj-N (not visible)---- || Session ||
 
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| meat || ndawal || ndawal neek || ndawal naana || ndawal naa || ndawal naaju neek || ndawal naaju naana || ndawal naaju naa || OAD_028
 
|}
 
 
 
==Comparatives and Superlatives==
 
 
Omoon o lek moj'u med' o haana.
 
<br>This bottle is heavier than that one.
 
 
 
Omoon o lek moj'u jelef o haana.
 
<br>This bottle is lighter than that one.
 
 
 
Omoon o le moj' na med'.
 
<br>This bottle is the heaviest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
=Adverbs=
 
 
==Manner, Frequency, etc.==
 
vej'am <b>apax</b>
 
<br> I swim well
 
 
wa gam a vej' apax
 
<br> I can swim well
 
 
nan gam vej'a leg leg
 
<br> I swim from time to time / often.
 
 
nan gam jawa leg leg
 
<br> I cook from time to time / often.
 
 
nan gam jawa ondik
 
<br> I cook a little / sometimes.
 
 
a jala apax || a jala amaak || a jala tok
 
<br> He laughs loudly. || He laughs loudly (lit. big). || He laughs loudly (lit. up)
 
 
degam <b>noofu</b> opaak o le
 
<br>I cut the rope <b>swiftly</b>.
 
 
gefam ofalanteer o le fop
 
<br>I broke the window completely / thoroughly.
 
 
 
==Resultatives==
 
 
<b>hicin</b> botelet
 
<br>pull tight
 
 
==Adverbs with imperatives==
 
 
veji noofu!
 
<br>Swim fast!
 
 
noofi vej!
 
<br>Hurry up and swim!
 
 
==Derived antonyms==
 
 
fel, delicious
 
<br>feler, disgusting
 

Latest revision as of 02:53, 14 December 2012