inexplicable. Adjectives Adjectives may be divided into declinable and indeclinable categories. Declinables are marked, taking the appropriate declensional termination for the noun they qualify. One difference from nouns however is that adjectives do not take the plural marker -o. Neut. nom. sg. (-ũ) is the citation form. Indeclinable adjectives are completely invariable. All adjectives can be used either attributively, predicatively, or substantively. Examples of declinable adjectives: moṭũ "big", nānũ "small", jāṛũ "fat", sārũ "good", kāḷũ "black", ṭhaṇḍũ "cold", gā̃ṛũ "crazy". Examples of indeclinable adjectives: kharāb "bad", sāf "clean", bhārī "heavy", sundar "beautiful", kaṭhaṇ "hard", lāl "red". Comparatives and superlatives Comparisons are made by using "than" (the postposition thī; see below) or "instead of" (nā kartā̃), and "more" (vadhu, vadhāre, etc.) or "less" (ochũ). The word for "more" is optional, while "less" is required, denoting that in the absence of either it's "more" than will be inferred. In the absence of an object of comparison ("more" of course is now no longer optional): Superlatives are made through comparisons with "all" (sau). Or by leading with mā̃ "in" postpositioned to the same adjective. Postpositions The sparse Gujarati case system serves as a springboard for Gujarati's grammatically functional postpositions, which parallel English's prepositions. It is their use with a noun or verb that is what necessitates the noun or verb taking the oblique case. There are six, one-syllable primary postpositions. Orthographically, they are bound to the words they postposition. નું (nũ) – genitive marker; variably declinable in the manner of an adjective. X નો(no)/નું(nũ)/ની(nī)/ના(nā)/નાં(nā̃)/ને(ne) Y has the sense "X's Y", with નો(no)/નું(nũ)/ની(nī)/ના(nā)/નાં(nā̃)/ને(ne) agreeing with Y. એ (e) – ergative marker; applied to subjects of transitive perfective verbs. ને (ne) – marks the indirect object (hence named "dative marker"), or, if definite, the direct object. થી (thī) – has a very wide range of uses and meanings: "from"; બરોડાથી (Baroṛāthī) "from Baroda". "from, of"; તારાથી ડરવું (tārāthī ḍarvũ) "to fear of you, to fear you". "since"; બુધવારથી (budhvārthī) "since Wednesday". "by, with"; instrumental marker. "by, with, -ly"; adverbial marker. "than"; for comparatives. એ (e) – a general locative, specifying senses such as "at", "during", etc. It is also used adverbially. As detailed previously, for the masculine and neuter genders it is a case termination, however to marked feminine and unmarked nouns it is a postpositional addition. પર (par) – "on". માં (mā̃) – "in". Postpositions can postposition other postpositions. For example, થી (thī) (as