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: '''Singular ex.:''' ''amix viroci'', ''amixa virocha'', ''joixi viroci'' = "real friend", "real friend", "real pleasure"

: '''Plural ex.:''' ''amicus virocis'', ''amixos virocis'', ''joixa virocha'' = "real friends", "real friends", "real pleasures"

====Comparatives and superlatives====

Rumonian, unlike other Romance languages, maintained the synthetic forms for comparatives and superlatives, though it still uses the common Romance analytic forms in less formal styles:

* Formal:

*: ''Lucia i Tecra iarunt oltos.'' "Lucy and Thecla are tall."

*: ''Tecra ê olxura pu Lucia.'' "Thecla is taller than Lucy."

*: ''Tecra ê olxissima.'' "Thecla is the tallest one."

* Informal:

*: ''Tecra ê prus olta pu Lucia.'' "Thecla is taller than Lucy."

*: ''Tecra ê la prus olta.'' "Thecla is the tallest one."

In some mostly set phrases, the synthetic comparatives are always used, like in ''Il Monti Chandiḍ ê il monti olxissim di Francia i Itolya.'' "Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in France and Italy" (never, while grammatically correct, "ê il monti prus olt").

Synthetic comparatives are, for all adjectives, second declension adjectives formed with ''-iuri'' (with '''i''' assimilating to the previous consonant):

: '''Singular:''' ''arun olxuri'', ''turi olxura'', ''nimal olxuri'' "taller student", "taller tower", "taller animal"

: '''Plural:''' ''arunis olxuris'', ''turis olxuris'', ''nimalya olxura'' "taller students", "taller towers", "taller animals"

Adjectives in ''-rCi'' or ''-lCi'' typically have ''-Criuri'' (e.g. ''charilbi'' "famous" → ''ciribriuri'' "more famous")

For most adjectives, synthetic superlatives are first declension adjectives in ''-issim'':

: '''Singular:''' ''arun olxissim'', ''turi olxissima'', ''nimal olxissim'' "tallest student", "tallest tower", "tallest animal"

: '''Plural:''' ''arunis olxissimus'', ''turis olxissimos'', ''nimalya olxissima'' "tallest students", "tallest towers", "tallest animals"

Adjectives in ''-rCi'' or ''-lCi'' (-ER in Latin) form the superlative in ''-iarim'', e.g. ''charilbi'' → ''ciribiarim'' "most famous".

Adjectives in ''-iri'' (-ILIS in Latin) form the superlative in ''-ilyim'', e.g. ''faxiri'' "easy" → ''faxilyim'' "easiest".

===Articles, demonstratives, and possessives===

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 : '''Singular ex.:''' ''amix viroci'', ''amixa virocha'', ''joixi viroci'' = "real friend", "real friend", "real pleasure"
 : '''Plural ex.:''' ''amicus virocis'', ''amixos virocis'', ''joixa virocha'' = "real friends", "real friends", "real pleasures"
+====Comparatives and superlatives====
+Rumonian, unlike other Romance languages, maintained the synthetic forms for comparatives and superlatives, though it still uses the common Romance analytic forms in less formal styles:
+* Formal:
+*: ''Lucia i Tecra iarunt oltos.'' "Lucy and Thecla are tall."
+*: ''Tecra ê olxura pu Lucia.'' "Thecla is taller than Lucy."
+*: ''Tecra ê olxissima.'' "Thecla is the tallest one."
+* Informal:
+*: ''Tecra ê prus olta pu Lucia.'' "Thecla is taller than Lucy."
+*: ''Tecra ê la prus olta.'' "Thecla is the tallest one."
+In some mostly set phrases, the synthetic comparatives are always used, like in ''Il Monti Chandiḍ ê il monti olxissim di Francia i Itolya.'' "Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in France and Italy" (never, while grammatically correct, "ê il monti prus olt").
+Synthetic comparatives are, for all adjectives, second declension adjectives formed with ''-iuri'' (with '''i''' assimilating to the previous consonant):
+: '''Singular:''' ''arun olxuri'', ''turi olxura'', ''nimal olxuri'' "taller student", "taller tower", "taller animal"
+: '''Plural:''' ''arunis olxuris'', ''turis olxuris'', ''nimalya olxura'' "taller students", "taller towers", "taller animals"
+Adjectives in ''-rCi'' or ''-lCi'' typically have ''-Criuri'' (e.g. ''charilbi'' "famous" → ''ciribriuri'' "more famous")
+For most adjectives, synthetic superlatives are first declension adjectives in ''-issim'':
+: '''Singular:''' ''arun olxissim'', ''turi olxissima'', ''nimal olxissim'' "tallest student", "tallest tower", "tallest animal"
+: '''Plural:''' ''arunis olxissimus'', ''turis olxissimos'', ''nimalya olxissima'' "tallest students", "tallest towers", "tallest animals"
+Adjectives in ''-rCi'' or ''-lCi'' (<small>-ER</small> in Latin) form the superlative in ''-iarim'', e.g. ''charilbi'' → ''ciribiarim'' "most famous".<br/>
+Adjectives in ''-iri'' (<small>-ILIS</small> in Latin) form the superlative in ''-ilyim'', e.g. ''faxiri'' "easy" → ''faxilyim'' "easiest".
 ===Articles, demonstratives, and possessives===