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Rules.
- Wazukana, wazukani, or wazukade, little, few.
- Takusana, takusani, much, many.
- Ōkina, ōkini, ōkiwu, large, tall.
Adjectives ending in ai or oi change their termination into long ō:
- Kore wa katai isi de gozarimasu, This is a hard stone.
- Kono isi wa katō gozarimasu, This stone is a hard (one).
- Katai, katō, hard.
- Takai, takō, dear in price, or tall.
- Hayai, hayō, quick.
- Yowai, yowō, weak.
- &c.
- Kono ko wa kasikō gozarimasu, This child is a wise (one).
- Kasikoi, kasikō, wise, clever.
- Tattoi, tattō, precious, worthy.
- Tuwoi, tuwō, strong.
- Towoi, towō, far.
Those ending in si change their terminations into shu:
- Kono samusa wa kibishu gozarimasu, This winter, or cold, is a severe (one).
- Kibisī, kibishu, severe.
- Atarasī, atarashu, new.
- Tadasī, tadashu, right.
- Osorosī, osoroshu, fearful, horrible.
- Orokorasī, otokorashu, manly.
- &c.
