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# How to say beautiful
How the adjective changes based on what we are talking about:
The adjective changes based on what we are talking about, and based on letters of previous words or context, in a way they try to rhyme words when possible.
Animals:
Eboneire (beautiful for singular non-human?)
Ziboneire (beautiful for plural non-human?)
Kaboneire (beautiful when used after Akana)
Other things (based on first letter of word and context):
Pair 1 (kind of things that have life):
Goboneire (beautiful for singular non-human)
Eboneire (beautiful for multiple non-human)
Pair 2 (kind of things that have no life):
Leboneire (beautiful for singular non-human)
Gabonaire (beautiful for plural non-human)
### Humans
Oboneire (beautiful for singular human telling them directly)
Baboneire (beautiful for plural human, when telling a third person)
Muboneire (beautiful for plural human, when telling themselves directly)
Aboneire (beautiful for singular human, when telling a third person)
Baboneire (beautiful for plural human, when telling a third person)
### Animals
Eboneire (beautiful for singular animal)
Ziboneire (beautiful for plural animals)
Kaboneire (beautiful when used after Akana)
### Other things
There are many different variations of the adjective, here are two pairs used in different situations:
Pair 1 (kind of things that have life):
Goboneire (beautiful for singular non-human)
Eboneire (beautiful for multiple non-human)
Pair 2 (kind of things that have no life):
Leboneire (beautiful for singular non-human)
Gabonaire (beautiful for plural non-human)
### Examples
Eizina riboneire: beautiful name
Eizina rya we liboneire: your name is beautiful
Omushozi (singular mountain) goboneire
Emishozi (multiple mountain) eboneire
Omuti (tree) goboneire
Emiti (multiple trees) eboneire
Eibare (stone) leboneire
Amabare (stones) gaboneire
Ente (cow) eboneire
Ente (cows) zeboneire
Engaji eboneire
Engaji zeboneire
Akana kenjagi kaboneire munonga munonga: baby gorilla is very very beautiful