round = fongolo
straight = gonogono
square = inia
ịkụkụ nyana
crooked = gboloki
gboloki
bent = anda
... more to come
NB: Sometimes the Kalabari words below can act as intensifiers to these and other Kalabari
adjectives :
(1)
bẹ (2) tẹ (3) wrar' (4) nyana
Examples:
tall man = geletẹ owibo
unseen
power = ẹrịya bẹ kuro
square
table = inia ịkụkụ nyana wrar' dẹbịlẹ
bent road =
andatẹ etela
COMPARATIVE
AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES
In the Kalabari language, the comparative degree of adjectives is indicated by the
phrase: maị krama + the
superlative
while the superlative degree is indicated by: the root word + tẹịn.
E.g good = ibi
better = maị
krama ibitẹịn
best = ibitẹịn ... more examples soon
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