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Qtwyqp Qly
Adjectives
Adjectives are words which modify nouns.
Adjectives
- Vowels
- ly, lr, yr, ry, yw, rw, ya, ra, ye, re, yo, ro, a, e, o
- Regular
- Genitive
- Genitive Proper
- Possessive
- Numerical
- Quantitive
- Placement
- Adjectives follow the nouns which they modify.
- Agreement
- Adjectives agree in number and gender with the noun, except…
- Genitive and possessive acjectives do not agree in number nor gender with the noun.
- Numerical and quantitive adjectives do not agree in number nor gender with the noun.
- Adjectives following a genitive adjective.
- They modify and agree with the adjective, not the noun.
- A few special cases may not agree in number and/nor gender with the noun.
- Number
- Singular
- Indicated by y as the final vowel for regular adjectives.
- Indicated by y as the initial vowel for other adjectives.
- Except cardinals, ordinals, and quantitive adjectives.
- Plural
- Indicated by r as the final vowel for regular adjectives.
- Indicated by r as the initial vowel for other adjectives.
- Except cardinals, ordinals, and quantitive adjectives.
- Gender
- Indicated by nasal consonant proceding the vowel.
- Neuter is assumed.
- m for feminine.
- n for masculine.
- ṅ for inclusive.
- Genitive Adjectives
- These are derived from nouns by changing the vowels.
- Their meaning is "of noun".
- Genitive Proper Adjectives
- These are derived from proper nouns by reversing the order of the vowels.
- Their meaning is "of proper noun".
- Possesive Adjectives
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| neuter | feminine | masculine | inclusive |
1st singular |

  ya |

   mya |

   nya |

   ṅya |
1st plural |

  ra |

   mra |

   nra |

   ṅra |
2nd singular |

  ye |

   mye |

   nye |

   ṅye |
2nd plural |

  re |

   mre |

   nre |

   ṅre |
3rd singular |

  yo |

   myo |

   nyo |

   ṅyo |
3rd plural |

  ro |

   mro |

   nro |

   ṅro |
- Strength and Affirmation
- Each adjective in Qtwyqp Qly is either strong or weak, affirmative or negative.
- Strength
- Weak
- This is the norm for regular adjectives.
- For genitive adjectives, it implies a temporal quality.
- For possessive adjectives, it implies alienable possession.
- For cardinals, ordinals, and quantitive adjectives, it means "about…"
- Strong
- For regular adjectives, it indicates "certainly…" of "definitely…"
- For genitive adjectives, it implies permanence.
- For possessive adjectives, it implies unalienable possession.
- This is the norm for cardinals, ordinals, and quantitive adjectives.
- Affirmation
- Affirmative, the usual.
- Negation, negation of the adjective, "not…"
- Infixes follow the vowel(s).
- Weak affirmative is assumed.
- m indicates strong affirmative.
- n indicates weak negative.
- ṅ indicate strong negative.
- Degrees of Comparison
- Comparitive
- adjective ble objective noun ttlo dle
- means "more adjective than objective noun"
- adjective ble objective noun tlo dle
- means "less adjective than objective noun"
- adjective ble objective noun zzlo dle
- means "as adjective as objective noun"
- Superlative
- adjective ble ttwad dle
- adjective ble twad dle






Last Updated: 2009-05-02
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