NativLang | Romance Languages: adjectives, adverbs & determiners @NativLang | Uploaded January 2013 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
The next in a series on the basic grammar of the Romance languages. This one introduces adjectives & adverbs.

Vulgar Latin & Romance adjectives agree with the number and gender of the described noun: *bonu lupu "good wolf", *bonas ideas "good ideas". Most adjectives follow the noun: *idea utile "useful idea".

Determiners include articles (*illa idea "the idea"), demonstratives (*ista idea "this idea"), possessives (*mea idea "my idea") and interrogatives (*quale idea "which idea?").

A typical word order in noun phrases is (article) + determiner + noun + adjective.

Comparatives and superlatives use *mais/*plus: *mais facile qua "easier than", *illu mais facile "the easiest".

Some adverbs survive from Latin (*bene "well"). Western Romance also creates new ones with *-mente: Spanish 'claramente' "clearly".

The Grammar of Romance has an associated website (free) and book ($) with more explanations and examples:
nativlang.com/romance-languages
amazon.com/gp/product/1475246633/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=nativlangu-20

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