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====Adjectives==== [[Adjective]]s have to [[Agreement (linguistics)|agree]] with the noun in both gender and number just like Bokmål.<ref name="elevrom.sprakradet.no">{{Cite web|url=http://elevrom.sprakradet.no/skolen/minigrammatikk/tema/samsvarsboying_adjektiv|title=Språkrådet|website=elevrom.sprakradet.no|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref> Unlike Bokmål, Nynorsk has a more completed system of adjective agreement comparable to that of the [[Swedish language]] (see [[#Participles|Nynorsk past participles]]). {| class="wikitable" |+ [[Adjective#Predicative adjective|Predicative agreement]] !Norwegian !English |- |{{lang|nn|Bilen er '''liten'''}} |The car (masculine) is '''small''' |- |{{lang|nn|Linja er '''lita'''}} |The line (feminine) is '''small''' |- |{{lang|nn|Huset er '''lite'''}} |The house (neuter) is '''small''' |} Just like in Bokmål, adjectives have to agree after certain [[Copula (linguistics)|copula]] verbs, like in this case the verb for "to be": {{lang|nn|vere}} ({{lang|nn|er}} is its present tense). Other important copula verbs where predicative agreement happens are {{lang|nn|verte}} and {{lang|nn|bli}} (both mean "become"). Other copula verbs are also {{lang|nn|ser ut}} (looks like) and [[#Reflexive verbs|the reflexive verbs in Nynorsk]]. When verbs are used other than these copula verbs, the adjectives like in the example above will no longer be adjectives but an adverb. The adverb form of an adjective is the same as the neuter form of the adjective, just like in Bokmål.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.norsksidene.no/web/PageND.aspx?id=99110|title=Adverb|website=www.norsksidene.no|language=nb-NO|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref> For instance {{lang|nn|Han gjør lite}} (he does little). Adverbs are not inflected, like most European languages. The system of agreement after copula verbs in the Scandinavian languages is a remnant of the grammatical case system. The verbs where the subject and predicate of the verb had the same case are known as copula verbs. The system of grammatical case disappeared but there was still specific gender forms that was left. {| class="wikitable" |+[[Adjective#Predicative adjective|Attributive agreement]] !Norwegian !English |- |{{lang|nn|Ein '''liten''' bil}} |A '''small''' car (masculine) |- |{{lang|nn|Ei '''lita''' linje}} |A '''small''' line (feminine) |- |{{lang|nn|Eit '''lite''' hus}} |A '''small''' house (neuter) |} Most adjectives will follow this pattern of inflection for adjectives, which is the same as in Bokmål:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elevrom.sprakradet.no/skolen/minigrammatikk/tema/samsvarsboying_adjektiv|title=Språkrådet|website=elevrom.sprakradet.no|access-date=2018-06-17}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+The most common inflection !Masculine/feminine !neuter !Plural/definite |- | {{lang|nn|—}} | {{lang|nn|-t}} | {{lang|nn|-e}} |} Examples of adjectives that follow this pattern are adjectives like fin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=fin&ant_bokmaal=5&ant_nynorsk=5&nynorsk=+&ordbok=begge|title=Bokmålsordboka {{!}} Nynorskordboka|website=ordbok.uib.no|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref> (nice), klar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=klar&ant_bokmaal=5&ant_nynorsk=5&nynorsk=+&ordbok=nynorsk|title=Bokmålsordboka {{!}} Nynorskordboka|website=ordbok.uib.no|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref> (ready/clear), rar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=rar&ant_bokmaal=5&ant_nynorsk=5&nynorsk=+&ordbok=nynorsk|title=Bokmålsordboka {{!}} Nynorskordboka|website=ordbok.uib.no|access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref> (weird). Adjectives/perfect participles that end in a [[diphthong]] (like the word {{lang|nn|grei}}, which means straightforward/fine) will follow this inflection pattern:<ref name="elevrom.sprakradet.no"/> {| class="wikitable" |+Inflection for adjectives ending on diphthong !Masculine/feminine !neuter !Plural/definite |- | {{lang|nn|—}} | {{lang|nn|-tt}} | {{lang|nn|-e}} |} {| class="wikitable" |+Examples, adjective inflections !Norwegian !English |- |{{lang|nn|Hagen er '''fin'''}} |The garden (masculine) is '''nice''' |- |{{lang|nn|Løypa er '''fin'''}} |The trail (feminine) is '''nice''' |- |{{lang|nn|Været var '''fint'''}} |The weather (neuter) was '''nice''' |- |{{lang|nn|Løypa er nokså '''grei'''}} |The trail (feminine) is pretty '''straightforward''' |- |{{lang|nn|Det er '''greitt'''}} |It (neuter) is '''fine''' |} =====[[Comparison (grammar)|Comparison]]===== All [[Comparison (grammar)|adjective comparison]] follow this pattern: {| class="wikitable" |+Verb comparison !Positive !Comparative !Superlative |- | {{lang|nn|—}} | {{lang|nn|-are}} | {{lang|nn|-ast}} |} {| class="wikitable" |+Example, verb comparison !Positive !Comparative !Superlative |- |{{lang|nn|fin}} (nice) |{{lang|nn|fin'''are'''}} (nicer) |{{lang|nn|fin'''ast'''}} (nicest) |}
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