Adjectives appear after the noun they modify. Adjectives agree with the noun based on animacy, but otherwise remain the same for number and case. If a noun is animate, then the adjective is used simply as found in the dictionary. If a noun is inanimate, however, the suffix [-(u)k] is added to the adjective. The form of the adjective does not change based on the number or case of the noun. The animate form of an adjective is always used when creating the verb form of an adjective (see below).
Comparatives in Sheřařma are expressed as prefixes added to adjectives. To the left are charts showing the prefixes, as well as an example chart with the adjective [kařa] ("beautiful").
Unlike English, Sheřařma does not express "being" an adjective using the verb "to be" and then the adjective (for example, in the phrase "it is cold"). Instead, it uses the verb form of the adjective and conjugates it appropriately. In Sheřařma, adjectives can be turned into verbs by treating the adjective as a verb stem. Adding the infinitive suffix to an adjective turns it into a verb meaning "to be (adjective)":
Adjectives in degree form can also be turned into verbs:
Adjectives turned to verbs can be used with modal verb auxiliaries:
The contrastive, equative, and comparative degrees can all be used to compare one noun to another ("this is prettier than that", "this is as pretty as that", "this is less pretty than that", etc). When comparing two nouns through degree adjectives, the verb form of the adjective with the appropriate degree is used. The second noun, or the noun that is being compared to will take on the dative /recipient case. Basic comparative sentences look like this:
Noun 1 (nominative) ➝ adjective with degree conjugated in verb form appropriate for noun 1 ➝ noun 2 (dative)
In English, you can be angry "at" someone, or "with" someone, or be jealous "of" someone. In Sheřařma, this state of "being" an emotion in relation to someone else is expressed by using the verb form of the adjective, conjugating it appropriately, and then specifying the noun to which the emotion pertains (ex: in the sentence, "I am angry with you", the word "you"). This noun will take on the dative case. Some examples:
The past participle is an adjective-like form of a verb. This form of a verb acts exactly like an adjective...so a new verb can be formed from the past participle in order to mean "to be (past participle)". I am perfectly aware that this is somewhat gross:
In the present, these mean "to be (or not to be) (participle)", and in the future, these mean "will be (or not be) (participle)".
Conjugation in the past tense makes the "was (participle)" form, as logic would suggest:
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