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There are conjunctive indefinite pronouns which are used only when 

 joined to a word, as 



Kuna = All, e.g., Kunaitupiks = All the people. 



Kunoanistcisa = Tell everyone to come, 



Noqketse = Another, e.g., Noqketsetupi =r Another person. 



The Adjective. 

 An adjective is a word used to qualify nouns. 



There are four classes of adjectives, viz., separable, conjunctive, verbal 

 and numeral. 



There are also two forms of the adjective, animate and inanimate, 

 agreeing with the nouns which they represent. 



Separable Adjectives. 



Aqse = Good. Sokape = Perfect. 



Matuqse = Bad (evil). Makape = Dirty — rotten. 



also applied to wrong-doing. 

 Omuqkime = Big. Inakime = Little. 



Spike = Thick. Stoye = Cold. 



Ksistoye = Warm. Soksime := Heavy. 



Inakime=: little, becomes when joined to nouns the diminutive iiiuk. 



Separable adjectives are sometimes contracted in form and united with 

 nouns, as 



Aqsoskitsipupi = Good heart. 



Omuqkiapyoyis = A big house. 



Omuqsinina == A great chief 



Makapoqsokoyi = The dirty road, the evil way. 



Omuqkokaio = a big bear, from Omuqkimi, big, contracted to 

 Omiiqko and Kaio = a bear. 



Conjunctive Adjectives. 



Conjunctive adjectives are joined to nouns and verbs. When severed 

 from their proper connection, they lose their meaning and cannot be 

 translated, as : 



Mane = new or young. Manepuka = a young child, an infant. Mane- 

 puka aikamotao = the infant is better. Kokinan manyoskitsipCipi = 

 eive us new hearts. 



