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===Adjectives===

Adjectives ~~precede~~ the noun and agree with gender and plurality. See the differences between:

Adjectives order is complex and not fixed, with some being strongly pre-nominal, some strongly post-nominal and some varying in position depending on meaning or context. the noun and agree with gender and plurality. See the differences between:

*''d’écourt gom'' [d.ekuʁ χɔ̃ˑ] – “the short man”

*''d’écourte quienne'' [d.ekuʁt(ə) kjɛn] – “the short woman”

*''der écourts goms'' [d(ə)ʁ.ekuʁ χɔ̃ˑ] – “the short men”

*''der écourtes quiennes'' [d(ə)ʁ.ekuʁt(ə) kjɛn] – “the short women”

*''de gom gamau'' [də χɔ̃ˑ ʒamo] – “the old man”

*''da quienne gamalle'' [da kjɛn ʒamal] – “the old woman”

*''der goms gamaux'' [dəʁ χɔ̃ˑ ʒamo] – “the old men”

*''der quiennes gamalles'' [dəʁ kjɛn ʒamal] – “the old women”

While the plural marker of nouns is always silent, the plural forms of adjectives may occasionally be pronounced in a phenomenon known as ''bendenge'' (aka. ''liaison'' in French) which occurs when preceding a noun beginning with a vowel. In this context, the final (usually mute) consonants of masculine adjectives may also be pronounced:

*''en meille éterre'' [ɑ̃ˑ mɛj etɛʁ] – “a big star”

*''meilles éterres'' [mɛjz‿etɛʁ] – “big stars”

===Verbs===

Bresserian verbs are arguably the most challenging aspect of the language’s grammar, being highly irregular due to extensive sound changes to both strong and weak verbs. Verbs conjugation for person, plurality, tense, imperative mood and present and past participles. Like English and other Germanic languages, verbs are divided into two main categories, “strong” and “weak”, with strong verbs conjugating in more irregular and unpredictable ways, while weak verbs have the ''-de'' suffix in the past tense and are as a whole more predictable and regular. Below will be example conjugation tables for the strong verb ‘écrive’ (“to write”) and the weak verb ‘bleue’ (“to bleed”).

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 ===Adjectives===
-Adjectives precede the noun and agree with gender and plurality. See the differences between:
+Adjectives order is complex and not fixed, with some being strongly pre-nominal, some strongly post-nominal and some varying in position depending on meaning or context. the noun and agree with gender and plurality. See the differences between:
 *''d’écourt gom'' [d.ekuʁ χɔ̃ˑ] – “the short man”
 *''d’écourte quienne'' [d.ekuʁt(ə) kjɛn] – “the short woman”
 *''der écourts goms'' [d(ə)ʁ.ekuʁ χɔ̃ˑ] – “the short men”
 *''der écourtes quiennes'' [d(ə)ʁ.ekuʁt(ə) kjɛn] – “the short women”
+*''de gom gamau'' [də χɔ̃ˑ ʒamo] – “the old man”
+*''da quienne gamalle'' [da kjɛn ʒamal] – “the old woman”
+*''der goms gamaux'' [dəʁ χɔ̃ˑ ʒamo] – “the old men”
+*''der quiennes gamalles'' [dəʁ kjɛn ʒamal] – “the old women”
 While the plural marker of nouns is always silent, the plural forms of adjectives may occasionally be pronounced in a phenomenon known as ''bendenge'' (aka. ''liaison'' in French) which occurs when preceding a noun beginning with a vowel. In this context, the final (usually mute) consonants of masculine adjectives may also be pronounced:
 *''en meille éterre'' [ɑ̃ˑ mɛj etɛʁ] – “a big star”
 *''meilles éterres'' [mɛjz‿etɛʁ] – “big stars”
 ===Verbs===
 Bresserian verbs are arguably the most challenging aspect of the language’s grammar, being highly irregular due to extensive sound changes to both strong and weak verbs. Verbs conjugation for person, plurality, tense, imperative mood and present and past participles. Like English and other Germanic languages, verbs are divided into two main categories, “strong” and “weak”, with strong verbs conjugating in more irregular and unpredictable ways, while weak verbs have the ''-de'' suffix in the past tense and are as a whole more predictable and regular. Below will be example conjugation tables for the strong verb ‘écrive’ (“to write”) and the weak verb ‘bleue’ (“to bleed”).