Adjectives
As
we have seen in Verbs I and II, adjectives can be used with the descriptive
form of <boas> to be,[1] e.g.
Da ew.
It’s
good.
Hager ew ev. He is ugly.
Thew
hei wheg. She is nice.
Drog o.
It was bad.
Tho
teg. It was lovely.
Tho
vy yonk. I am/was young.
But
it is the job of adjectives to describe nouns, e.g.
den a man
da good
den da a
good man
benyn a woman
wheg nice/kind
benyn wheg a
nice/kind woman
kei a dog
drog
bad
kei drog a bad dog
chei a house
teg lovely
chei teg a lovely
house
yonk young
flogh yonk a young child
bord a
table
isel low
bord isel a
low table
You
have more examples in Section 1 above, using a noun as an adjective, e.g.
pot mel a honey pot
As
you can see, the adjective normally follows the noun. A few adjectives,
however, (often “loan words”) go in front of the noun, e.g.
hager ugly, bad
hager awel ugly
weather, bad weather, stormy
weather
kist a chest
hujes huge
hujes kist a huge chest
When
the adjective follows a feminine noun it may mutate (more about this later),
e.g.
benyn a woman
coth old
benyn goth an
old woman
teg beautiful
benyn deg a
beautiful woman
We
can combine any of the above with an appropriate version of <boas>
to be, e.g.
Den da ew ev. He is a
good man.
Benyn wheg ew hei. She is a
kind woman.
Chei teg ew. It’s a lovely house.
Flogh yonk o vy. I was a young child.
Hager awel o. It was bad weather.
Ma den coth ena. There is an old man there.
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