Number is expressed as with nouns by changing e to i. Some adjectives in -a add i. There are no adjectives with the plural in -a. Some adjectives in -a(ne) have the plural -ai.
Ex. kakava(ne) strong, plur. kakavani; safa(le), plur. safa(li); isosonga, idle, plur. isosongai; aka(ne) small, plur. akai.
2. Agreement.
The adjective always follows the noun which it qualifies, and takes the suffix of the noun.
Ex. a sesada, fence long; emo gai, house old; kodige kisiakatsi, plate little-in: indiv’ amoja(le) knife blunt-with; koua baibitu, box big-on.
Sometimes the pronoun u(ne), his, is placed between the noun and the adjective.
The meaning of this is uncertain, but it appears to be more emphatic, as e.g. “the road which is good,” “the house which is bad.”
Ex, enamb’ un’ ifa, the good road, em’ u koi, the bad house.
The adjective used as predicate immediately follows the noun, without a substantive verb.
Ex. an’ ala gududuba, that man (is) stingy; nuni sesada, thou (art) tall; amu safali, the women (are) weak.