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Adjectives 2 you are good wenɑ: inēni 2 the man is good wɑnūnɑ inēni 2 very good inēne wɑhūmu 1 A pretty bird nyɑ'nyɑn' sɑsekīri 1 two pretty birds tinyɑnyɑn' tivīre tisɑsekīri 2 (Tingūvu tɑkusɑsɑsēkɑ de tinēni good "[[underline]]fɑzendɑ.[[/underline]]" (^[[wares,]] goods) 3 Good wine ūkɑ'nye gɑnɑnzīhɑ {Etiχlu iɑntīmɑ a black eye {emɑχlu iɑntimɑ black eyes {emɑχlu ɑlɑbūngu blue eyes 3 the bread is good to eat miŋkɑ:ti yɑ:nɑ:'ndzĭhæ 2 a good knife ifūmu ginēnē 2 a bad knife ɑfūmu ɑhiginēnē 2 two good knives mɑfumu mɑvīre mɑnēne 2 many good knives mɑfūmu mɑyi'ngi lɑ mɑnēne 4 it is very hot kuninyūku 4 the water is [[strikethrough]]ver[[/strikethrough]] hot mɑ:ti mɑhīse 4 I am hot mendɑhīse 4 you are hot wenɑ wɑhīse [[strikethrough]]4[[/strikethrough]]5 it is cold kuniʃirɑ'mi 4 the weather is hot (see above) kɑ:hi-isɑ: kūnĭnyū'ku 4 the sun is hot mumū ɑhīsɑ 6 New moon ŋwenēte ūmwĕshɑ: 6 full moon ŋwenēte unkūlu 7 a small knife ifūmu gitongŏɑ'nɑ 7 a little fly nongɑ'ni ntongŏɑ'nɑ 8 white clothes tingūvo tɑkubɑ'si 8 a white house iīngĭo ɑkubɑ'si 9 a large hen ihūku yekūlu 9 a great king ɑhōosi nkūlu 9 many great kings tinhōosi tiŋingi tikūlu
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1. This document makes an important distinction between two different ways of writing the letter a (a vs. ɑ), even in the case of diacritic marks. DO NOT disregard this distinction. Enter the appropriate character if it appears without diacritics. For [[macron over "ɑ"]], enter "ɑ:". For [[macron over "a"]], enter "ɔ:". For [[breve "ɑ"]], enter "æ". For [[breve "a"]], enter "ă".
2. The apostrophe-like characters that appear above/just after some letters are stress marks that follow the stressed syllable. They can be represented with a single quote/apostrophe.
3. Some letters have what appears to be a vertical tilde underneath. These indicate nasal pronunciation but how they should be typed depends on the letter. Vowels can be represented by the tilde diacritic over that vowel except in the case of ɑ and ʊ. These can be represented as [[tilde "ɑ"]] and [[tilde "ʊ"]]. When this symbol appears under an "n" it represents the nasal "n" as in sang, and it should be entered as "ŋ", NOT "ñ" which represents a different sound. When it appears under a c, it is NOT a c-cedilla, but instead refers to the sh sound which is represented by the modern symbol "ʃ".