According to Bernabé (1983: 989–998) three cases can be distinguished:
• most adjectives can be placed only after the noun, like blé, wouj, blan, djok, kouyon ('blue, red, white, vigorous, stupid');
• some other adjectives can be place only before the noun, like ti, gran, bel, gwo, jenn, vié ('little, tall, beautiful/nice, big/fat, young, old');
• and finally, a few adjectives can be placed both before or after the noun, like pov, maléré ('poor, unhappy/unlucky').