Personal Descriptions 7 (modifying adjectives)

   Sometimes using a single adjective does not convey exactly what you mean. Here are a few words (some used more often than others) that help you to modify your adjective. Some go after the adjective and some go before it. Some cause the adjective to mutate (the initial consonant changes) – though this is less strictly observed in RLC than in RMC:

ettien[1]           totally,

                       completely,

                       wholly,

                       utterly,

                       thoroughly, etc.

lowr                quite, enough

mar                 so

pur                  very

re                    too

Mool ettien ew ev.        He is completely bald.

Medhow ettien ew hei. She is completely drunk.

Tho vy broas lowr.       I am quite big.

Thew ev bian lowr.      He is quite small.

Thew hei coth lowr.     She is quite old.

Loos lowr ew o blew.   My hair is quite grey.

Pedn rous lowr ew ev.  He is quite a redhead.

Hir lowr ew hy blew.    Her hair is quite long.

Mar godnyk o whei.      You are so clever.

Tho vy mar wocky.       I am so stupid.

Pur wheg o whei.          You are very nice.

Den pur hager ew ev.     He is a very ugly man.

Benyn pur dhrog[2] ew hei.    

                        She is a very wicked woman.

Pur vroas ha pur vlou ew hy lagajow.

                 Her eyes are very big and very blue.

Tho vy re dew[3].          I am too fat.

Tho whei re ascornek.  You are too bony.

Thew ev re verr[4].        He is too short.

Re hir ew hei.                She is too tall.

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[1]  some people prefer to use <warbarth/warbar’> altogether

[2]  soft mutation (lenition) d >dh: drog bad, wicked, etc. > dhrog

[3] soft mutation (lenition) t >d: tew fat > dew

[4] soft mutation (lenition) b>v: berr short> verr