ABSTRACT
As seen previously in 5.1, Swahili has a limited number of simple adjectives, that is, single terms whose primary role is to qualify a noun. However, this is compensated for by various phrases used in the same position as simple adjectives and which serve to qualify nouns. Many of these constructions, often called “adjectival phrases”, are based on the conjunction -a “of; for” or the pronoun -enye “with; that has/have; characterized by”. The following paragraphs describe various forms of adjectival phrases, as well as adjectives that derive from verbs.
