Adjectives

Adjectives are words which describe nouns. Examples of adjectives include:

• good "good"
• loŋ "long"
• briȝt "bright"
• oðer "other"
• posible "possible"

Adjectives always precede the words they describe.

• nise person "a nice person"
• ðe beautiful flower "the beautiful flower"

The definite article ðe can be used with a bare adjective:

• Ðe green is more beautiful ðan ðe oranje "The green one is more beautiful than the orange one"
• Me prefer ðe oðer "I prefer the other one"

Comparisons

Adjectives can be made comparative with words like more, less, most, as, and ðan.

• Ðis house is more larje ðan ðat house "This house is larger than that house"
• Ðe boy is les hapi ðan ðe girl "The boy is less happy than the girl"
• You is ðe most beautiful person "You are the most beautiful person"
• It is as klear ðan mud "It is as clear as mud" (notice the usage of "ðan")

-al

Any word can be converted into an adjective with the suffix -al.

• lojik (logic) → lojikal (logical)
• sistem (system) → sistemal (systematic)
• kat (cat) → katal (cat-like, or pertaining to cats)

-nes

An adjective can be converted into a noun with the suffix -nes.

• good (good) → goodnes (goodness)
• simple (simple) → simplenes (simplicity)

un-

Adjectives can be negated with the prefix 'un-'.

• unposible "impossible"
• unneeden "unneeded; unnecessary"