Dal'qörian Resultant adjectives

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These are adjectives that, in English, are placed 'after' the noun they modify and reflects a change that occurs by action of the verb on the noun:

• She wiped the glass clean. (The glass was dirty)

• He painted the fence white. (The fence was a different colour before he painted it)

If you place the adjectives before the noun, then this changes the meaning altogether:

• She wiped the clean glass. (The glass is already clean as she wipes it)

• He painted the white fence. (The fence is already white before he paints it)

In dal'qörian, a resultant adjective immediately 'follows' the verb, and where a pronoun is used, it 'precedes' the pronoun (unlike in English):

• sia gä’ipr nørädn di gläj. (lit: She wiped clean the glass).

• mæ gä’emblär etiri di peremitij. He painted white the fence.

• sia gä’ipr nørädn tiÞ. She wiped clean it.

• mæ gä’emblär etiri tiÞ. He painted white it.