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Standard Baphian adjectives and nouns are treated as if they're the same group of words, for example in standard Baphian, "cëzhyu" (''/tɕə.ˈʑju/''), red, can mean either the colour red itself or "the red one" or even "the one in red" all depending on context. This applies to nouns as well, for example "deye" (''/de.ˈje/''), louse, can either mean a normal ordinary louse, or "small and annoying".

One important rule about making adjectives and nouns mean more descriptive things, and treating adjectives and nouns as genuine descriptors, is that the descriptor needs to be in the vocative case by adding "mu" if its animate and "nu" if its inanimate, to the end of the word intended to be used for describing, for example, "cëzhyunu mezye" (''/tɕə.ˈʑju.nu me.ˈzje/''), red hair, and "deyemu bele" (''/de.ˈje.mu be.ˈɺe/''), an annoying child.

One important rule about making adjectives and nouns mean more descriptive things, and treating adjectives and nouns as genuine descriptors, is that the descriptor needs to be in the vocative case by adding "mu" if its animate and "nu" if its inanimate, to the end of the word intended to be used for describing, for example, "cëzhyunu mezye" (''/tɕə.ˈʑju.nu me.ˈzje/''), red hair, and "deyemu bele" (''/de.ˈje.mu be.ˈɺe/''), an annoying small child.

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	Standard Baphian adjectives and nouns are treated as if they're the same group of words, for example in standard Baphian, "cëzhyu" (''/tɕə.ˈʑju/''), red, can mean either the colour red itself or "the red one" or even "the one in red" all depending on context. This applies to nouns as well, for example "deye" (''/de.ˈje/''), louse, can either mean a normal ordinary louse, or "small and annoying".		Standard Baphian adjectives and nouns are treated as if they're the same group of words, for example in standard Baphian, "cëzhyu" (''/tɕə.ˈʑju/''), red, can mean either the colour red itself or "the red one" or even "the one in red" all depending on context. This applies to nouns as well, for example "deye" (''/de.ˈje/''), louse, can either mean a normal ordinary louse, or "small and annoying".

	One important rule about making adjectives and nouns mean more descriptive things, and treating adjectives and nouns as genuine descriptors, is that the descriptor needs to be in the vocative case by adding "mu" if its animate and "nu" if its inanimate, to the end of the word intended to be used for describing, for example, "cëzhyunu mezye" (''/tɕə.ˈʑju.nu me.ˈzje/''), red hair, and "deyemu bele" (''/de.ˈje.mu be.ˈɺe/''), an annoying child.		One important rule about making adjectives and nouns mean more descriptive things, and treating adjectives and nouns as genuine descriptors, is that the descriptor needs to be in the vocative case by adding "mu" if its animate and "nu" if its inanimate, to the end of the word intended to be used for describing, for example, "cëzhyunu mezye" (''/tɕə.ˈʑju.nu me.ˈzje/''), red hair, and "deyemu bele" (''/de.ˈje.mu be.ˈɺe/''), an annoying small child.