An adjective ending with -a changes form according to the gender and number of the noun it qualifies.
chota = small
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| chota kamra | choti narangi | |||
| chota ghar | choti mez |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| chote kamre | choti narangiyan | |||
| chote ghar | choti mezen |
Other adjectives do not change form.
saf = clean
| Masculine | Feminine | |||
| Singular | saf kamra | saf mez | ||
| Plural | saf kamre | saf mezen |
The comparative and superlative forms are made by adding the words
usase
(or se) and sabse in front of the positive form.
| Positive | sundar | |
| Comparative | usase sundar / se sundar | |
| Superlative | sabse sundar |
When an adjective is repeated twice it emphasises different kinds of the noun or the intensity or selectivity.