| 5.3.2. Number Concord |
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puna: lo:n |
‘new house’ |
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puna: lo:nk |
‘new houses’ |
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bariya: a:ki: |
‘big leaf’ |
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bariya´: a:ki: |
‘big leaves’ |
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Here the adjectives take the plural suffix - to show the number concord with the following plural nouns. See also the following examples:
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pan ri:hk puga:hk |
‘white flowers’ |
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juna: getla: |
‘new clothes’ |
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conna: pan·i: |
‘small fruits’ |
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kariya:sk moyo:sk |
‘black clouds’ |
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| 5.3.3. Gender-Number Concord |
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pa:nra:l ma:nka:l |
‘white man’ |
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pa:nra:lo:r ma:nka:lo:r |
‘white men’ |
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pa:nri: a: |
‘white woman’ |
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pa:nri:sk |
‘white women’ |
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In the above examples the adjectives occur with gender-number suffixes -a:l plus -o:r for masculine, -i: plus -sk for non-masculine to show gender-number concord with the qualifying nouns. Some more examples are given below:
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ka:na:lo:r ma:nka:lo:r |
‘blind men’ |
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ka:ni:sk a:sk |
‘blind boys’ |
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ega:lo:r pe:ko:r |
‘tall boys’ |
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ega:sk pe:ki:´ |
‘tall girls’ |
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bayra:lo:r pe:ko:r |
‘deaf boys’ |
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bayri:sk pe:ki: |
‘deaf girls’ |
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The adjectival concord is also found in the Muria dialect of Baster and in the variety of Gondi as spoken in Betul, Balaghat and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh.
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