Modifiers

A modifier is a word that adds a particular quality or description, such as good, bad, big, and fast, to another word. In Panglo, there is only one class of modifiers. The same word can modify nouns and verbs, whereas in English only adjectives can modify nouns and only adverbs can modify verbs. For example, the word bele ('beautiful' or 'beautifully') modifies a noun in sentence A and a verb in sentence B.

A. da der es un bele kitab. – That is a beautiful writing.
B. tu bele li kitab. – You write beautifully.

Modifying nouns

In Panglo, "adjectives" are modifiers that are placed before the noun that they modify.

da nuve haus – the new house
da bele haus – the beautiful house
da nuve bele haus – the new beautiful house

Comparison

Equality is expressed with the word az (as, like).

da az nuve haus – the equally new house

Comparatives are made using the words mor (more) and les (less).

un mor nuve haus – a newer house
un les nuve haus – a less new house

Superlatives are made using the words maxim (maximally, the most) and minim (minimally, the least).

da maxim nuve haus – the newest house
da minim bele haus – the least beautiful house

The point of comparison is introduced with az ('than').

yu's haus is mor nuve az dey's haus. – Your house is newer than their house.
dey's haus is les nuve az yu's haus. – Their house is less new than your house.

Equality is introduced with sim ('same, equally').

wi's haus is sim nuve az yu's haus. – Our house is as new as your house.