10. Adjectives

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Note on Script and Spelling VI
4. Contents VII
5. Abbreviations X
6. Introduction XI
7. Preliminary
8. I. Phonology 1
9. II. Syllabary 4
10. III. Tonology 6
11. Part I: The System
12. 4. The Linguistic Units of the Grammar in Ascending Order 11
13. 5. The Parts of Speech and Their Minimal Distinctive Characteristics 12
14. 6. Nouns 13
15. 7. Pronouns 32
16. 8. Numerals 37
17. 9. Interrogatives 39
18. 10. Adjectives 43
19. 11. The Preposition 45
20. 12. Conjunctions 46
21. 13. Suffixes 53
22. 14. Verbs 64
23. 15. The Affirmative Verb Forms 68
24. 16. The Negative Verb Forms 115
25. 17. The Auxiliary Verb 141
26. 18. The Auxiliary, Affirmative, Verb Forms 142
27. 19. The Auxiliary, Negative, Verb Forms 158
28. 20. Nomino-Verbal Forms 167
29. 21. Clauses 172
30. 22. The Secondary Grammatical Categories 175
31. 23. The Part Played by Tone in Igbo Grammar 177
32. The Subject Verb Form Tables 179
33. Tables of Compound Verbs 188
34. Part II: The Text
35. A Note on the Texts 197
36. Text 1 198
37. Text 2 209
38. Text 3 213
39. Text 4 216
40. Text 5 219
41. Text 6 220
42. Vocabulary 222
43. Backmatter 237