Adjectives
Adjectives may precede or follow the noun they modify. As a matter of style, short adjectives tend to precede, long adjectives tend to follow. Numerals always precede the noun.
- belle oculos or oculos belle 'beautiful eyes'
- un bon idea, un idea ingeniose 'a good idea, an ingenious idea'
An adjective never has to agree with the noun it modifies, but adjectives may be pluralized when there is no explicit noun to modify.
- le parve infantes 'the little children'; but le parves 'the little ones'
Comparative degree is expressed by plus or minus preceding the adjective and superlative degree by le plus or le minus.
- un plus feroce leon 'a fiercer lion'
- un traino minus rapide 'a less speedy train'
- le plus alte arbore 'the tallest tree'
- le solution le minus costose 'the least costly solution'.
The suffix -issime may be used to express the absolute superlative degree.
- un aventura excellentissime 'a most excellent adventure'
The adjectives bon 'good', mal 'bad', magne 'great', and parve 'small' have optional irregular forms for the comparative and superlative.
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bon → plus bon → le plus bon or bon → melior → optime mal → plus mal → le plus mal or mal → pejor → pessime magne → plus magne → le plus magne or magne → major → maxime parve → plus parve → le plus parve or parve → minor → minime
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