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nyxelestiaAdjectives in Tengarsa have ‘strong’ and ‘weak’, with strong being the basic noun-phrase adjective (modifying a noun) or functioning as a noun, and weak forms either modifying verbs or another adjective.
The weak adjective class is essentially an adverbial role, but Tengarsa does not recognize them as two word classes, but instead as two halves of one word class.
Each adjective can have two initial consonants to it, in pairs:
When it starts with the voiced consonant, it is the strong adjective. When it is the unvoiced consonant, it is the weak adjective.
* = when you need to stress adjective strength (if it’s not obvious from context), these are the consonants added before adjectives that start with vowels; you only add these if you need to stress the adjective strength (otherwise, it does not matter and you can leave it as is)
* = added to an adjective that ends in a consonant
These are added to the strong adjective stem to agree with the noun number – and when modifying another adjective, they need to agree with the number of the original noun. When modifying verbs, only the stem is used, with none of these numerical endings added to the weak adjectives.
The degree of restrictiveness of an adjective in relation to the noun is determined by the word order. A restrictive adjective precedes the noun it is modifying, while a non-restrictive adjective will follow the noun it is modifying.
In order to create an adjectival noun (an adjective being used as a noun), instead of a numerical ending, the adjective ends in an –r.
Comparatives are created by adding the following comparative vowel after the numerical ending:
Positive is the adjective form itself, ‘comparing’ one noun by describing it. The comparative form is used between two nouns, saying one is ‘more’ of the adjective than the other. The superlative is 3 or more nouns, saying one is ‘most’ of the adjective than all the others. The sub-superlative is a comparative form in 3+ nouns, meaning that one is ‘more’ of the adjective than many or most of the other nouns, but not the ‘most’. Often only applied to a magic-plural number of nouns.
There are also negative comparison forms, which is basically adding an –l to the comparative ending.
So while the Positive might say something is ‘hot’, the negative form means it’s ‘not hot’ (please note, it does not explicitly mean cold, it just means it’s not hot). The comparative would be ‘less hot’, sub-superlative is ‘lesser-hot’, while superlative is ‘least-hot’.
The weak adjective class is essentially an adverbial role, but Tengarsa does not recognize them as two word classes, but instead as two halves of one word class.
Adjective Strength
Each adjective can have two initial consonants to it, in pairs:| Voiced | |||||||
| Unvoiced |
When it starts with the voiced consonant, it is the strong adjective. When it is the unvoiced consonant, it is the weak adjective.
* = when you need to stress adjective strength (if it’s not obvious from context), these are the consonants added before adjectives that start with vowels; you only add these if you need to stress the adjective strength (otherwise, it does not matter and you can leave it as is)
Adjective Number Agreement
| Number | |||
| Ending |
* = added to an adjective that ends in a consonant
These are added to the strong adjective stem to agree with the noun number – and when modifying another adjective, they need to agree with the number of the original noun. When modifying verbs, only the stem is used, with none of these numerical endings added to the weak adjectives.
Restrictiveness
The degree of restrictiveness of an adjective in relation to the noun is determined by the word order. A restrictive adjective precedes the noun it is modifying, while a non-restrictive adjective will follow the noun it is modifying.Adjectival Noun
In order to create an adjectival noun (an adjective being used as a noun), instead of a numerical ending, the adjective ends in an –r.Comparatives
Comparatives are created by adding the following comparative vowel after the numerical ending:| Ending | ||||
| Ending |
Positive is the adjective form itself, ‘comparing’ one noun by describing it. The comparative form is used between two nouns, saying one is ‘more’ of the adjective than the other. The superlative is 3 or more nouns, saying one is ‘most’ of the adjective than all the others. The sub-superlative is a comparative form in 3+ nouns, meaning that one is ‘more’ of the adjective than many or most of the other nouns, but not the ‘most’. Often only applied to a magic-plural number of nouns.
There are also negative comparison forms, which is basically adding an –l to the comparative ending.
| Ending | ||||
| Ending |
So while the Positive might say something is ‘hot’, the negative form means it’s ‘not hot’ (please note, it does not explicitly mean cold, it just means it’s not hot). The comparative would be ‘less hot’, sub-superlative is ‘lesser-hot’, while superlative is ‘least-hot’.
