The adjective form of the verb

Tonight we're going to look at another verb form, the adjective form, used to make an verb describe a noun. We'll start with a verb that is reasonable in this form, pare, to be red

pare	Animate		Inanimate
Transitive This is a comparison  sub is <adjectivier> than obj	bapapare	Add an be- to the front of the normal form, change for vowel harmony	bapare	Add an be- to the front of the normal form, change for vowel harmony
Intransitive	bäpachare	Add an bë- to the front of the normal form change for vowel harmony	bapäre	Add an be- to the front of the normal form change for vowel harmony

Not so tough, it's the normal form, plus a prefix, with some vowel harmony changes. Let's try some examples.


'agwi'o 'akibepare'
 'agwi-'o 'aki-bepare-'
dog.this cont-be red-3rd animate

This dog is red.

The transitive form of the verb is used for comparison

'agwi'o rägwi'ka 'akirebapapare'
 'agwi-'o ra-agwi-'ka 'aki-re-bapapare-'
dog-this obj-dog-that cont-4th animate-be red-3rd animate

This dog is redder than that dog

A quick note about the ra- prefix on rägwi'ka, It marks the obviate, or 4th person. In a conversation, one noun is designated as the proximate, and all other nouns are obviate. I'll do a complete post about obviation soon. I'm done for tonight, if something isn't clear, let me know and I'll clarify it...