Adjectives, of course, are words (like “red” and “hot” and “sexy”) that describe nouns. Talossan adjectives differ in their use from English adjectives in four notable (but not scary) ways:<\/p>\n
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It is common for new users of Talossan to ignore or forget this rule, and to position adjectives before the noun, as is done in English. You should be sure to get into the habit of using nouns before describing them. (And, in case you’d forgotten, this is also a good time to remind you that another related habit you should get into is to accompany your nouns with articles.)<\/p>\n
That said, there are times when adjectives do appear before a noun, instead of after it. (You had to know there’d be exceptions, didn’t you?) Luckily, the three exceptions are fairly common-sense.<\/p>\n
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However, in five cases, an adjective will take a feminine form when used to describe a feminine noun. These cases are:<\/p>\n
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Feminine adjectival forms also will pluralise when used with plural nouns. So las casas ameascas<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n As we discussed, most adjectives do not have distinct feminine forms. We also went over the rules for those adjectives having specific endings that do have feminine forms. There are a small set of others that have feminine forms that are irregular. There aren’t that many irregular feminine forms to remember, and quite a few of them are commonly used, so here they all are:<\/p>\n We discussed how Talossan adjectives take a plural form when used to describe plural nouns. However, there are some adjectives that simply do not do so, and there are some others that have irregular plural forms.<\/p>\n Adjectives of number (such as doua<\/em> = two, tres<\/em> = three, vuit<\/em> = eight, etc.) do not take a plural form. That is, you would say simca casas<\/em> (= five houses), not simcas casas<\/em>. Notice, however, that you would<\/span> pluralise these words when they are used to refer to groups, such as chints dals casas<\/em> (= hundreds of houses).<\/p>\n Most possessive adjectives are sometimes seen used in their singular form even when referring to a plural noun. For example: both va casa <\/em>(= my house) and va casas<\/em> (= my houses) are proper \u2014 the adjective va <\/em>(= my) did not take a plural form, though it could have \u2014 vaes casas<\/em> is also (more) proper.<\/p>\n The following adjectives also never take a plural form: auc\u00fcn <\/em>(= none, not any), \u00e7aob\u00e9n <\/em>(= how many, how much), cacsa <\/em>(= such, quite, such a\u2026), emb\u00f9 <\/em>(= \u2018both\u2019), ingen <\/em>(= any), qetevri <\/em>(= whatever), and qissen <\/em>(= \u2018whose\u2019).<\/p>\n There are nine other adjectives that have irregular plural forms. These are:<\/p>\n Finally, in a weird little corner of Talossan, there are five adjectives that have a plural form that is irregular only in that the stress moves one syllable left. These are Belxh\u00edc <\/em>(= Belgian), evanxhel\u00edc<\/em> (= evangelical), matxent\u00edc <\/em>(= magical), \u00f6c\u00fcmen\u00edc <\/em>(= ecumenical), and p\u00fcbl\u00edc <\/em>(= public). The stressmark is dropped from these words when they are pluralised, essentially moving the stress one syllable earlier in the word. That is, p\u00fcbl\u00edc<\/em> is stressed on the final syllable, but the plural form p\u00fcblici <\/em>is stressed on its first syllable.<\/p>\n The adjectives cacsa <\/em>means “such a”. For example, c’e cacsa \u00feonta<\/em> (= it is such a shame). This adjective does not have a plural form, so os sint cacsa ardits<\/em> (= they are such brave [men]).<\/p>\n The word tal <\/em>also means “such a”. You would use this word less sarcastically than you would use cacsa<\/em>, though. For example, tal perziun riuschlarha<\/em> (= such a person will succeed). For cases like this, though, the phrase com’acest<\/em> (= like this) is more common. For example, perziuns com’acestilor riuschlarhent<\/em> (= persons like that will succeed).<\/p>\n The word altreu<\/em> is used for “other”. It has a feminine form altra<\/em>. For example \u00bfdovest\u00e0 l’altreu ci\u00f3vec?<\/em> (= where is the other man?) and \u00bfdove sint las altras frulor?<\/em> (= where are the other women?)<\/p>\n The adjective cadascu<\/em> means “each” or “every”. It is often written (and spoken) in the shortened form ca’scu<\/em>. For example, cadascu dels cioveci<\/em> (= each [one] of the men) and ca’scu dels parleirs<\/em> (= each [one] of the speakers).<\/p>\n We have seen the word toct <\/em>(= all) before. What is worth noting about it here is that in a phrase such as “all of us”, you should remember to put the adjective after the pronoun, and form the phrase as “us all”. That is, noi toct<\/em> (= us all) is proper Talossan, while toct noi<\/em> (which would literally be “all us”) is improper.<\/p>\n The adjective quan\u00e7eu <\/em>means “how many” or “how much”. For example, quan\u00e7a lapta<\/em> (= how much milk), and quan\u00e7eux fis<\/em> (= how many threads).<\/p>\n To say “as much as” or “so much as”, you would use the phrases tondavon qe<\/em>, sa m\u00fclt qe<\/em>, and sa m\u00fbchet come<\/em>. For example, t\u00e9u sa m\u00fbchet dal apa come txamais<\/em> (= I have as much water as ever) and a tent sa m\u00fclt capacit\u00e0 qe tu<\/em> (= she has as much talent as you). Notice that here is a case when a noun need not be accompanied by an article.<\/p>\n The adjectives m\u00fclt <\/em>and muiteu <\/em>(with its feminine form muita) are applied to singular nouns having the meaning akin to English “much, a lot of, or much of”. For example, muita lapta tent estescu listrada<\/em> (= much has been spilled). Notice that you should not modify either of these adjectives with the word tro <\/em>(= too), as you would in English. That is, tro m\u00fclt<\/em> (literally “too much”) is improper Talossan, in much the same way that “very lots” would be improper in English. To say “too much” or “too many”, just use the single word tro<\/em>. For example, c’e tro fr\u00fc<\/em> (= it is too early) and o re\u00e7aifeva tro criedit<\/em> (= he received too much credit).<\/p>\n The adjective po <\/em>(= few) has the irregular plural form pocs<\/em>, and (just as in English) to refer to “a few” of something, you would use ‘n po<\/em> (= a few). For example, pocs garziuns lirent<\/em> (= few boys read) and ‘n po dels garziuns lirent<\/em> (= a few of the boys read).<\/p>\n The words p\u00fc <\/em>(= more) and Adjectives With Irregular Feminine Forms<\/h2>\n
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Adjectives Having Irregular Plural Forms<\/h2>\n
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Some Common or Notable Adjectives<\/h2>\n