However, in Omotic, adjectives do not  agree with nouns: sometimes, they only but take gender and number marking only when they are used as nouns, in other cases, they take gender and number marking only when they follow the noun (the noun then receives no marking).
haʊˈɛvɚ, ɪn ɑːmˈɑːɾɪk, ˈædʒɪktˌɪvz duːnˌɑːt ɐɡɹˈiː wɪð nˈaʊnz: sˈʌmtaɪmz, ðeɪ ˈoʊnli bˌʌt tˈeɪk dʒˈɛndɚ ænd nˈʌmbɚ mˈɑːɹkɪŋ ˈoʊnli wɛn ðeɪ ɑːɹ jˈuːzd æz nˈaʊnz, ɪn ˈʌðɚ kˈeɪsᵻz, ðeɪ tˈeɪk dʒˈɛndɚ ænd nˈʌmbɚ mˈɑːɹkɪŋ ˈoʊnli wɛn ðeɪ fˈɑːloʊ ðə nˈaʊn ðə nˈaʊn ðˈɛn ɹᵻsˈiːvz nˈoʊ mˈɑːɹkɪŋ.