Adjectives are suffixed to the modified noun, before any possessives or case markers:
voluŋhaht.
| voluŋ-haht |
| spaceship-big |
A big spaceship.
voluŋhahtemi aiherltu.
| voluŋ-haht-en-mi |
| spaceship-big-1sg-instr |
| aiherl-tu |
| distant_skies-dat |
I fly my big spaceship away to the distant skies.
An epithentic vowel may be inserted between the noun and adjective in some contexts for ease of pronunciation or prosodic considerations (see section 2.3.1.1). A linking consonant may also be added as well (see section 2.3.3).
ipfemi bufetcheŋgeshpergu.
| ipf-en-mi |
| eye-1sg-v |
| buf-et-cheŋ-shperg-u |
| body-3sg-man-fat-pat |
I see the fat man.
In adjectival clauses, adjectives are detached from the noun and stand alone:
voluŋgen hahti.
| voluŋ-en |
| spaceship-1sg |
| haht-i |
| big-pred |
My spaceship is big.
Adjectives may be verbalised by the suffix -ni, meaning “to become”. See section 3.3.2 for more details.
The interrogative affix -ai, which is always accented, turns an adjective into a question.
voluŋ hahtaini?
| voluŋ |
| spaceship |
| haht-ai-i? |
| big-q-pred |
Is the spaceship big?