| Positive, | Kishedä, | Hot, (restricted to the heat of a fire.) |
| Comp. | Nahwudj Kishedä, | More hot. |
| Super. | Mahmowee Kishedä, | Most hot. |
| Your manner of life is good, | Ke [dizzhewäbizziwin onishishin]. | |
| Your manner of life is better, | { | Ke dizzhewäbizziwin nahwudj onishishin. |
| Your manner of life is best, | { | Ke dizzhewäbizziwin mahmoweé onishishin. |
| His manner of life is best, | { | Odizzhewabizziwin mahmowee onishishinine. |
| Little Turtle was brave, | Mikkenoköns söngedääbun. | |
| Tecumseh was braver, | Tecumseh nahwidj söngedääbun. | |
| Pontiac was bravest, | Pontiac mahmowee söngedääbun. |
3. The adjective assumes a negative form when it is preceeded by the adverb. Thus the phrase söngedää, he is brave, is changed to, Kahween söngedääsee, he is not brave.
| Positive. | Negative. |
| Neebwaukah, | Kahween neebwaukah-see, |
| He is wise. | He is not wise. |
| Kwonaudjewe, | Kahween kwonaudjewe-see, |
| She is handsome, | She is not handsome. |
| Oskineegee, | Kahween oskineegee-see, |
| He is young. | He is not young. |
| Shaugweewee, | Kahween Shaugweewee-see, |
| He is feeble. | He is not feeble. |
| Geekkau, | Kahween Geekkau-see, |
| He is old. | He is not old. |
| Mushkowizzi, | Kahween Mushkowizzi-see, |
| He is strong. | He is not strong. |
From this rule the indeclinable adjectives—by which is meant those adjectives which do not put on the personal and impersonal forms by inflection, but consist of radically different roots—form exceptions.
| Are you sick? | Ke dahkoozzi nuh? |
| You are not sick! | Kahween ke dahkoozzi-see! |
| I am happy. | Ne minwaindum. |
| I am unhappy. | Kahween ne minwuindaz-see. |
| His manner of life is bad. | Mudjee izzhewabizzi. |
| His manner of life is not bad. | Kahween mudjee a izzhewabizzi-see. |
| It is large. | Mitshau muggud. |
| It is not large. | Kahween mitshau-seenön. |
In these examples the declinable adjectives are rendered negative in see. The indeclinable, remain as simple adjuncts to the verbs, and the latter put on the negative form.
4. In the hints and remarks which have now been furnished respecting the Chippewa adjective, its powers and inflections have been shown to run parallel with those of the substantive, in its separation into animates and inanimates,—in having the pronominal inflections,—in taking an inflection for tense—(a topic, which, by the way, has been very cursorily passed over,) and in the numerous, modifications to form the compounds. This parallelism has also been intimated to hold good with respect to number—a subject deeply interesting in itself, as it has its analogy only in the ancient languages, and it was therefore deemed best to defer giving examples till they could be introduced without abstracting the attention from other points of discussion.
Minno and mudjee, good and bad, being of the limited number of personal adjectives, which modern usage permits being applied, although often improperly applied, to inanimate objects, they as well as a few other adjectives, form exceptions to the use of number. Whether we say a good man or a bad man, good men or bad men, the words minno and mudjee, remain the same. But all the declinable and coalescing adjectives—adjectives which join on, and, as it were, melt into the body of the substantive, take the usual plural inflections, and are governed by the same rules in regard to their use, as the substantive, personal adjectives requiring personal plurals, &c.