Adjectives. A distinctive feature of Bantu languages is the lack of pure adjectives in the languages (▇▇▇▇, 1982; Creissels et al, 2008). ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (1955) points out that there are only ten true adjectival stems in Gitonga. These are presented in TABLE 6. TABLE 6: ADJECTIVE STEMS Stem Gloss -pya ‘new, fresh’ -duguana ‘small’ -koŋɡoro ‘big, great’ -nji ‘many’ -ngani ‘how many/how much?’ -mbihu ‘raw’ -mbe ‘another’ -viri ‘two’ -raro ‘three’ -na ‘four’ In an adjectival phrase, the ten adjective stems take the prefix that corresponds to the noun class of the head noun. The position of the adjective in the phrase is after the head noun, as in (15-16).
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Sources: Noun Class Agreement and the Elements of the Noun Phrase in Gitonga Inhambane, Noun Class Agreement and the Elements of the Noun Phrase in Gitonga Inhambane