254 Fiona Me LaughlinA tense marker may also extend an adjectival predicate causing it to behave in a
verb-like manner in definite relative clauses as illustrated in (55).(55) (a) teere hi weex-oon
book REL:DEF ADj:white-PAST
'the book that was white'
(b) *teere hi weex
(c) *teere bu weexoon hi
Verbal extensions may also extend the adjectival predicate, as illustrated in (56).
(56) (a) xale hi woppwopplu
child REL:DEF behave as if sick (ADj:wopp 'be sick')
'the child who is behaving as if he/she were sick'
(b) *xale bu woppwopplu hi
As the examples in this section have shown, extended adjectival predicates cover
almost the entire range of syntactic and morphological augmentation. The only
affix that has no effect on the status of the adjective is the negative suffix, as illus-
trated in (57).
(57) xaj bu rey-ul hi
dog REL ADJ:big-NEG DBF
'the dog that is not big'3.5. ADJECTIVES AS A DISTINCT CLASS
Although the distinction between adjectives and other types of verbs tends to dis-
appear in definite relative clauses with extended predicates, there are some add-
itional generalizations that can be made about adjectives that support positing
them as a distinct sub-class of verbs. The first observation involves relative clauses
that consist of several verbs. When strings of adjectives are used in the same clause,
the conjunction te 'and' connects the last two, as in (58).
(58) xaj bu rey, nuul te soxor hi
dog REL ADj:big ADj:black CONJ ADj:mean DBF
'the big, black, mean dog'
Non-adjectival verbs may occur in a similar construction, conjoined by te, espe-
cially if the actions described by those verbs do not follow one from the other, as
in the example in (59). They may also form a serial-like construction without con-
junctions, as in (60), or show repetition of the imperfective marker di, as in (61).
(59) Maangi-y dem te now
isg-iMP v:go CONJ v:come
T am going and coming back' (I'll be right back)