Adjectives
Adjectives precede nouns and are completely invariant.
They do not change for:
- number
- definiteness
- possession
- gender
- syntactic position
Examples:
redd hus— a red houseredd husar— red housesredd husen— the red houseredd husaren— the red houses
Predicative adjectives
The same adjective form is used after the copula.
husen ett redd
The house is red.
Multiple adjectives
Multiple adjectives may appear in any order.
The adjective closest to the noun is understood as the most tightly associated quality.
No rigid English-style adjective-order hierarchy is required.
Comparative compounds
Comparatives are formed through ordinary qualifier + root compounds rather than a dedicated comparative inflection.
mer expresses a greater degree of the following quality, while ferr expresses a lesser degree. Each acts as the first root in an ordinary compound.
Examples:
mergod— better; literally more-goodmerstor— bigger / more bigmerhard— harder / more difficultferrgod— less goodferrstor— less bigferrhard— less difficult
Because these are compounds, the components remain visibly recoverable. Spacing may distinguish scope:
mergod mat — better foodmer god mat — more good food
Superlatives have not yet been defined.