ABSTRACT
Adjectives can also be used as a core part of a predicate. If an adjective is used as a predicate it describes the subject of the sentence. Adjectives can be divided into three groups — qualitative, possessive and relational. The largest group of adjectives (qualitative) describes categories such as colour, size, taste, temperature, abstract qualities. Qualitative adjectives can have long and short forms as well as comparative and superlative forms. The smaller possessive and relational groups of adjective can have only a long form, and they do not form comparatives or superlatives. Long adjectives must show agreement with the noun they qualify, in gender, number and case. Short adjectives are used only as predicates. They agree with the subject of the sentence in number and gender. The masculine and neuter adjectives follow a same pattern; feminine adjectives follow a different pattern. The plural form includes all genders.
