Adjectives consist of an adjectival concord and an adjectival stem, of which there are only a few
See also relatives, noun classes
-hle good,beautiful
-bi bad, ugly, evil
-de long, tall,high
-fishane short
-khulu big, large
-ncane small, few, young
-dala old
-sha new, young
-ngaki? how many?
-ningi many
-bili two
-thathu three
-ne four
-hlanu five
Umuntu omubi Bad person Abantu abadala Old people Ilokwe elihle Nice dress Amakati amabili Two cats Izinja ezinthathu Three dogs
Using adjective predicatively eg the man is old - omit the initial vowel:
Iminyaka emingaki? How many years? Iminyaka eminingi Many years Iminyaka eminthathu Three years Izinyanga ezinbili Two months
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16 September 2002