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nomis as adjectives, the verbs drop tlie inseparable and article-pronouns 

 which belong to verbs alone, but continue to be modified by the internal 

 changes of the verb. 



§ 3. The adjective follows the noun it qualifies, and the article-pronouns 

 subjoined to nouns are removed and placed after the adjective. Thus, 

 hatak vt mintih, a man is coming; hatak achukma yvt mintih, a good man 

 is coming. The adjective agrees with its noun in number and case. 



§ 3. Affii-mative and negative forms. 



Adjectives are changed from the affirmative to the negative forms as 



■ verbs are. Thus, hatak kvllo, a strong man ; hatak ikhvllo, a man not 



strong; gilili, true; ikahlo, not true. A noun with its adjective may be 



conjugated like a verb through the modes and tenses in the affirmative 



and negative foi-ms. 



§ 4. Number. 



Adjectives have a singular and pkiral number. The plural is formep 

 from the singular by internal changes, and by the addition of other words. 

 Examples: 



Singular. 



achukma, 



chito, 



falaia, 



falvsa, 



pvtha, 



ibakchufanli, 



ibakhatahh, 



ibakpishanh, 



ibaktasanh, 



yushkotoli, 



yushbonoli, 



yushtoloU, 



okchvmaU, 

 § 5. Comparison. 



The degrees of comparison are much more numerous than in English. 

 They are expressed either by internal changes, or by the addition of other 

 words. Example: achukma, good. 

 Descending graduation. 



achukma ik ono, not good enough. 



achukma ik lawo, less good. 



achulcma momak^ ik lawo, less good than all. 



achukma iklawokit taha, completely less good than all. 

 Positive degrees. 



achukma, good. 



achokma, goodish. 



achuhkma, good emphatically. 



good, 



large, 



long, 



long and slender, 



wide, 



tapering, 



bald faced, 



round and pointed, 



starved in the face, 



short, 



curly haired, 



short, 



green, 



Plural, 

 hochukma. 

 hochito. 

 h of aloha, 

 falvspoa. 

 hopvtka. 

 ibakchufashli. 

 ibakhatashli. 

 ibakpashashli. 

 ibaktasashh. 

 yushkotushli. 

 yushbonushli. 

 yushtolushli. 

 okchvmashli. 



