Ross Chapter 9 p. 81 9.1 Adjectives have same inflection as nouns Adjectives have same vowel reductions Adjectives with a h- mater drop it before suffixes

Ross Chapter 9 p. 81 Functions of adjectives in English Attributive: The good man went to the store giving a characteristic of the noun it modifies it serves as part of the noun phrase Predicate: The women are good. serves as part of the predicate follows a “to be” verb gives a characteristic of the noun it modifies Substantival: acts like a noun Only the good die young.

Ross Chapter 9 pp. 81-82 9.2 Attributive Adj.: states an attribute, normally follows noun (opp. of English) agrees with noun in # / gender / def.

Ross Chapter 9 p. 82 9.2 Predicate Adj.: part of a complete clause normally precedes its noun, agrees in # / gender / but NO ARTICLE Ambiguous: when an adjective modifies a word w/o def. art.

Ross Chapter 9 p. 82 9.2 Multiple Adjectives Substantival Adjectives

Ross Chapter 9 pp. 82-83 9.3 Comparisons Of superiority / inferiority: adjective + }yim + noun Of equality: :K + noun (as in English)

Ross Chapter 9 p. 83 9.4 Diphthongs: Under certain conditions Accented ya > Accented wa >

Ross Chapter 9 p. 83 9.5 Common Vowels in Chart form