Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives

Nouns with adjectival modifiers and articles

-------------Gloss------------- Unmodified Art-N (sg.) Unmodified Art-N (pl.) Modified singular Modified plural Session Sound 1 Sound 2
the tall/long fence a ding a ciig a le a ding a ciig a ke OAD_074
the iron fence a ding jelem a le a ding a celem a ke OAD_074
the wooden fence a ding a tex a le a ding a tex a ke OAD_047
the fat pig ruul ke a tuul a ke ruul mak le,
ruul mak nu le
atuul a mak a ke OAD_047
the pretty insect jejet ne jejet ke jejet o mosu le
jejet farj'u le
jejet mosu ke
jejet parj'u ke
OAD_047
the vicious rumor o nan o le xa nan a xe o nan o farj'u le xa nan xa par du xe OAD_047
the bright light leer le xa leer a xe leer leru le xa leer xa leeru xe OAD_047

Possessive Paradigms

Gloss Bare -------------My------------ ------------Your----------- ------------His/her/its------------ ------------Our------------ ------------Your.pl------------ ------------Their------------ Session
Pig ruul
a tuul
ruul es le
a tuul es (ke?)
ruul lof le
a tuul of a ke
ruul lum le
a tuul lum a ke
ruul in le
a tull in a ke
ruul den le
a tuul den a ke
OAD_047

Nouns with adjectival modifiers and possessors

Comparatives and Superlatives

Adverbs

vej'am apax
I swim well

wa gam a vej' apax
I can swim well

nan gam vej'a leg leg
I swim from time to time / often.

nan gam jawa leg leg
I cook from time to time / often.

nan gam jawa ondik
I cook a little / sometimes.

a jala apax || a jala amaak || a jala tok
He laughs loudly. || He laughs loudly (lit. big). || He laughs loudly (lit. up)