Explanation of Inflection
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Detailed descriptions of nouns, verbs, and adjectives
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Adjectives do not normally inflect for gender, nor do they inflect for number, person, etc. The standard inflections they have are comparative and superlative forms. However both of these can be augmentative or diminutive.
| Inflection | Ending | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augmentative Superlative | -(s)sai* | cvissai | most vocal |
| Augmentative Comparative | -sre | cvisre | more vocal |
| Plain Form | ∅ | cvi | vocal |
| Diminutive Comparative | -wi | cviwi | less vocal |
| Diminutive Superlative | -ghwo | cvighwo | least vocal |
*-sai after a consonant ending adjective, -ssai after a vowel ending one.
More inflections to adjectives come in the form of the nominalizers. Nominalized adjectives are used for two specific uses. Either as a pronoun (a replacement for a missing noun, not of the personal type), or as a proper noun. Pronoun adjectives are used when the noun they refer to is dropped from the sentence, usually due to avoiding repetition. For more on this see, Syntax > Noun Replacement. Proper nouns deriving from adjectives are used mostly as affectionate terms for others, or as clarification between to similar objects. To make a nominalized adjective, the descriptive vowel i is replaced with either the feminine or masculine vowel, u and a, respectively. Adjectives can be nominalized even after other inflections.
Furthermore, adjectives, like nouns, have a construct case, which they take whenever the noun they describe would be. When an adjective takes this case, the noun no longer does. In this case, adjectives decline like nouns, that is, for gender, three degrees of formality, and verbal positioning. The affixes act identical to how they apply to nouns, and can be applied even after nominalization, comparison inflection, or both.
Therefore, from an adjective like cvi/vocal, one can make forms such as: cvassaise - my/your most vocal (son), and cvughwovi - our least vocal (daughter).
It should be noted that while these are translated here to refer to one's children, this is not always the case, however, lacking any context, it is the default, as this is a common use of the forms.
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