6 Adjectives
Adjectives are quality words that describe what something is like. Some examples are ‘good,’ ‘bad,’ ‘new,’ ‘happy.’
In English adjectives are used in two ways: (1) to modify a noun, as in ‘good dog,’ and (2) in a sentence with ‘is’ describing the subject, as in ‘the dog is good.’
In Klallam also an adjective can be used in two ways: (1) to modify a noun, as in ʔə́y̓ sqáx̣aʔ ‘good dog,’ and (2) as an intransitive verb describing the subject, as in ʔə́y̓ cə sqáx̣aʔ ‘the dog is good.’
Here is a list of useful quality words:
In English adjectives are used in two ways: (1) to modify a noun, as in ‘good dog,’ and (2) in a sentence with ‘is’ describing the subject, as in ‘the dog is good.’
In Klallam also an adjective can be used in two ways: (1) to modify a noun, as in ʔə́y̓ sqáx̣aʔ ‘good dog,’ and (2) as an intransitive verb describing the subject, as in ʔə́y̓ cə sqáx̣aʔ ‘the dog is good.’
Here is a list of useful quality words:
| ʔə́y̓ | ‘good’ | |
| ʔəsx̣áʔəs | ‘bad’ | |
| čə́q | ‘big’ | |
| ƛ̓úƛ̓aʔ | ‘small’ or ‘few’ | |
| ŋə́n̓ | ‘many’ or ‘much’ | |
| ʔiyám̓ | ‘strong’ | |
| x̣ə́w̓əs | ‘new’ | |
| kʷɬčə́q | ‘old’ (animate) | |
| ʔəsc̓áx̣ɬ | ‘old’ (thing) | |
| x̣ʷə́ŋ | ‘fast’ | |
| pə́q̓ | ‘white’ | |
| ʔənəq̓íx̣ | ‘black’ | |
 | ʔiyám̓ cə nəcə́t. | ‘My father is strong.’ |
 | ƛ̓áy̓ ʔuʔ ʔiyám̓ cə nəskʷáʔ. | ‘Mine is strong, too.’ |
| kʷɬčə́q kʷɬə nəséʔyaʔ. | ‘My grandmother is old.’ |
| ƛ̓áy ʔuʔ kʷɬčə́q kʷɬə nəskʷáʔ. | ‘Mine is old, too.’ |
