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.
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?