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9.1 Adjectives have same inflection as nouns
Adjectives have same vowel reductions
Adjectives with a h- mater drop it before suffixes

2. Ross Chapter 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.

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9.2 Attributive Adj.: states an attribute,
normally follows noun (opp. of English)
agrees with noun in # / gender / def.

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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.

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9.2 Multiple Adjectives
Substantival Adjectives

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9.3 Comparisons
Of superiority / inferiority: adjective + }yim + noun
Of equality: :K + noun (as in English)

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9.4 Diphthongs: Under certain conditions
Accented ya >
Accented wa >

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9.5 Common Vowels in Chart form