ADJECTIVES 

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    "Well, now, if you can describe what happened on the night of September 5..."
    "O.K., I was minding my own business and oh--you want NOUNS, not ADJECTIVES."
    Well, then, could you describe when you first noticed something was going terribly wrong and--
    "No, you want ADVERBS.  This is ADJECTIVES, I tell ya."
    "Alright, wise guy, just what was it like, and be specific, will ya?  I ain't got all night."

    "Now ya talkin', flatfoot."
        --sUmUs cAcOOnUs, indicted but never convicted.

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POSSESSION--a violation of at least 2 commandments.

POSSESSION--or, Coveting Thy Neighbor's Goods

"You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose... but you can't pick your friend's nose.  You can pick your wife, and you can pick your nose, but you can't...oh never mind." --Sumus Cacoonus, D. E.

duplicated on PRONOUNS page.

Possession is indicated by the firesign suffix -~g~mm~ng*
The following examples use various grungers of tense.

 

	SINGULAR				PLURAL
my		ingigimming		our		ingsigimming
your		yangagammang		your		yangsagammang
his		tungugummung		theirs		tungsugummung
her		songogommong				songsogommong
its		ringigimming				ringsigimming
????'s		stingigimming		"theirs"		stingsigimming

 
NOTE: the suffix "-~g~mm~ng" also determines the possessive in nouns.

*A "gimme" firesign

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COMPARITIVES and SUPERLATIVES

Suffix firesigns are used, i.e., -~l~ng for comparative, and  -~v~ng for superlative
EXAMPLES:
 

Doubling the -~l~ng suffix converts the adjective to the English "than" equivalent.

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Use of VER

The prefix, "ver-" is used for a soft comparative.

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Conversion to Adverbs

As explained in ADVERBS, adjectives are converted to adverbs by using the interfix, "-at-" plus the root word:

Conversion to Nouns

As explained in NOUNS, adjectives are converted to nouns by using the same method as in converting verbs to nouns, i.e., using the suffix -oo:

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