| suffix
-pa ‘masculine’ or -ma ‘feminine’ to a verb or a noun. |
|
Verb + Suffix: |
|
gulusdus-pa
|
‘washerman’
|
|
 ulithis-pa
|
‘sweeper’
|
|
Rikina:Ris-pa
|
‘butcher’
|
|
kays-pa
|
‘cook’
|
|
 i  yutis-pa
|
‘barber’
|
|
motikakRum this-pa
|
‘goldsmith’
|
|
ulithis-ma
|
‘sweeper’
|
|
|
| Noun
+ Suffix: |
| daRzi-pa |
‘tailor’ |
| kisti-pa |
‘sailor’ |
| dzemkhan-pa |
‘dancer’ |
| lumkhan-pa |
‘singer’ |
 adu-pa
|
‘magician’ |
| ma:taR-ma |
‘teacher’ |
| lumkhan-ma |
‘singer’ |
| dzemkhan-ma |
‘dancer’ |
|
|
| Verbal
Noun: |
| When
a verb is nationalized by adding po, it becomes a verbal noun. It
refers to the action. Case suffixes can be added to it like any other
noun. |
|
bulpoci sus-po ta:lo
na
|
|
1
2
3 4
|
|
‘sleeping in the evening is not good’
|
|
2
1 4 3
|
|
Ra:tde  us-po
ta:lo
na
|
|
1
2
3
4
|
|
‘eating in the night is not good’
|
|
2
1
43
|
|
za:zis-po ta:lo
kRum bet
|
|
1
2
3
4
|
|
‘walking is good exercise’
|
|
1
4 2
3
|
|
skyadis-po lva:sphya: i
ta:lo
bet
|
|
1
2
3 4
|
|
‘swimming is good for lungs’
|
|
1
4 3
2
|
|
oRn
pi:s-po Rgyalba bet
|
|
1
2
3
4
|
|
‘drinking milk is good’
|
|
2
1 4
3
|
|
aqta
Ra:zis-po ta:lo
na
|
|
1
2
3 4
|
|
‘speaking always is not good’
|
|
2
1
4 3
|
|
|
| 2.1.7.
Adjective: |
Adjective
is a word used to describe or qualify a noun and it generally precedes
the noun except the numeral. In Brokskat, adjective is inflected for
gender and number but noun is inflected for number but not for gender.
-o is masline singular, -e is masculine plural and -i is for both
feminine singular and plural. Only with the help of adjective, the
gender of the noun can be understood. |
| bono-o
ba:yo |
bon-i
sa:s |
| ‘elder
brother’ |
‘elder sister’ |
| sen-o
ba:yo |
sen-i sa:s |
| ‘younger
brothe' |
‘younger sister’ |
| ta:
lo byo |
ta:l-i
mole |
| ‘handsome
boy’ |
‘beautiful girl’ |
| i:
go mu
|
i:
g-i tiga |
| ‘tall
man’ |
‘tall
woman’ |
| noR-o
byo |
noR-i
mole |
| ‘good
boy’ |
'good girl’ |
| ta:
l-e bye |
‘ta:l-i
moleyo |
| ‘handsome
boys |
‘beautiful girls’ |
| i:g-e
mui
|
i
:g-i tigayo
|
| ‘tall
men’ |
‘tall women’ |
| noR-e
bye |
noR-i
moleyo |
| ‘good
boys’ |
‘good girls’ |
|
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