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===== Short adjectives ===== | ===== Short adjectives ===== | ||
Most of the adjectives you will find in Nûrlâm dictionary are short one-syllable long words: | Most of the adjectives you will find in Nûrlâm dictionary are short one-syllable long words: | ||
- | * < | + | * bhog (good, fine) |
- | * < | + | * bolg (strong, mighty) |
- | * < | + | * bûrd (heavy) |
- | * < | + | * bûrz (dark) |
- | * <todo # | + | * dau (big, large) |
- | * < | + | * dug (filthy, dirty) |
- | * <todo # | + | * fik (bad) |
- | * < | + | * graz (cold) |
- | * < | + | * gûrz (dead) |
- | * <todo # | + | * hûr (fierce) |
- | * < | + | * karn (red) |
- | * <todo # | + | * kû (old) |
- | * < | + | * mik (small, little) |
- | * < | + | * mor (black) |
- | * <todo # | + | * nîr (pretty, beautiful, nice) |
- | * <todo # | + | * rodh (long) |
- | * < | + | * sta (short) |
- | * <todo # | + | * tûrz (fat, thick) |
- | * < | + | * uf (scary) |
===== Long adjectives ===== | ===== Long adjectives ===== | ||
- | Most of the long adjectives are formed from other words (usually nouns and rarely verbs) by adding suffix " | + | Most of the long adjectives are formed from other words (usually nouns and rarely verbs) by adding suffix "**//-ûrz//**": |
* gashûrz (hot) from spelling variant " | * gashûrz (hot) from spelling variant " | ||
* golugûrz (elvish, elven, elfin) from " | * golugûrz (elvish, elven, elfin) from " | ||
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* urukûrz (orcish) from " | * urukûrz (orcish) from " | ||
- | "Uzul" (green) is probably the only two-syllable long adjective in the dictionary that is not formed with suffix " | + | "Ûzûl" (green) is probably the only two-syllable long adjective in the dictionary that is not formed with suffix "//-ûrz//". |
As you can see in previous section, in words like " | As you can see in previous section, in words like " | ||
- | There aren't many long adjectives in the dictionary, but it doesn' | + | There aren't many long adjectives in the dictionary, but it doesn' |
===== Word order ===== | ===== Word order ===== | ||
- | You may place any type of adjectives before or after the noun they describe, but other Neo-Black Speech dialects tend to place them //after// the word they modify, so most of examples in Nûrlâm' | + | You may place any type of adjectives before or after the noun they describe, but other Neo-Black Speech dialects tend to place them //after// the word they modify, so most of examples in Nûrlâm' |
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===== Exercise 1 ===== | ===== Exercise 1 ===== | ||
Translate into Nûrlâm: | Translate into Nûrlâm: | ||
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- ink gûrz golug / ink golug gûrz | - ink gûrz golug / ink golug gûrz | ||
</ | </ | ||
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+ | ---------------------- | ||
===== Exercise 2 ===== | ===== Exercise 2 ===== | ||
Translate into English: | Translate into English: | ||
- bûrd lag | - bûrd lag | ||
+ | - dog dogum dug | ||
- dog nuk mor tark | - dog nuk mor tark | ||
- graz nîn | - graz nîn | ||
- | - hont bhog | + | - ash hont bhog |
- | - kin bûrz lugum / see the dark tower | + | - kin bûrz lugum |
- | - mauk urukum sta / fight the short goblin | + | - lag golugûrz |
- | - mik push | + | - mauk urukum sta |
- | | + | - mauk za lûg gashûrz |
+ | - mik push | ||
+ | <hidden show answers> | ||
+ | - heavy sword | ||
+ | - kill the filthy slayer | ||
+ | - kill ten black humans / kill ten black men / slay ten black humans / slay ten black men | ||
+ | - cold water | ||
+ | - a good eye / one good eye / a fine eye / one fine eye | ||
+ | - see the dark tower / behold | ||
+ | - elvish sword / elven sword / elfin sword | ||
+ | - fight the short goblin | ||
+ | - fight the hot dragon / fight the hot dragons / fight this hot dragon / fight these hot dragons | ||
+ | - little shit / small shit | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---------------------- | ||
+ | ===== Exercise 3 ===== | ||
+ | <WRAP center round info 60%> | ||
+ | Harder exercise requiring some creativity | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | Translate these adjectives formed from nouns into English: | ||
+ | | ||
+ | - nînûrz | ||
+ | - pushûrz | ||
+ | - rodûrz | ||
+ | - tarkûrz | ||
+ | <hidden show answers> | ||
+ | - bloody | ||
+ | - aquatic / waterish / aquatical / aqueous | ||
+ | - shitty | ||
+ | - mountainous / mountainy / montane / montanic | ||
+ | - mannish / humane | ||
+ | </ | ||
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===== See also ===== | ===== See also ===== |