Editing Luganda (section)

=== Adjectives ===
As in other [[Niger–Congo languages]] (as well as most [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] and [[Afro-Asiatic languages]]), [[adjective]]s must [[Agreement (linguistics)|agree]] in [[grammatical gender|gender]] and [[grammatical number|number]] with the [[noun]] they qualify. For example:
* {{lang|lg|omuwala omulungi}} 'beautiful girl' (Class I, [[Grammatical number|singular]])
* {{lang|lg|abawala abalungi}} 'beautiful girls' (Class I, [[plural]])
* {{lang|lg|omuti omulungi}} 'beautiful tree' (Class II, singular)
* {{lang|lg|emiti emirungi}} 'beautiful trees' (Class II, plural)
* {{lang|lg|emmotoka ennungi}} 'beautiful/good car(s)' (Class V, singular/plural)
In these examples the adjective {{lang|lg|-lungi}} changes its prefix according to the gender (Class I or II) and number (singular or plural) of the noun it is qualifying (compare [[Italian language|Italian]] {{lang|it|bella ragazza}}, {{lang|it|belle ragazze}}, {{lang|it|bel ragazzo}}, {{lang|it|bei ragazzi}}). In some cases the prefix causes the initial {{lang|lg|l}} of the stem to change to {{lang|lg|n}} or {{lang|lg|r}}.

[[Attributive adjective]]s agree in state with the noun they qualify, but [[predicative adjective]]s never take the initial vowel. Similarly, the subject [[relative clause|relative]] is formed by adding the initial vowel to the verb (because a main verb is a predicate).