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jng ‘wild’

hIs

‘half’

h

‘every’

There are various kinds of adjectives which occur as modifiers of nouns in a construction and in a construction five to six adjectives can occur together. When two or more adjectives occur together their order is very important. For example :
 

ye 

mera 

pla 

do 

jor 

cnga 

k

A1 

A2  A3  A4  A5  A6  V
these my  first two very  good houses are
 

"These are my first two very good houses"


However in the above construction A3 and A4 are interchangeable so/ye mera do pa jor cnga kr )/ is equally acceptable sentence.
 

Besides all the adjectives can occur as modifiers of nouns singly before the noun in a noun phrase but when two or more modifies occur together then these occur in a particular order i.e., qualitative adjective occupies the immediate preceding position to a noun head and quantitative precedes the qualitative. Among the quantitative numerals precede the other quantitatives. Among the numerals-cardinals and ordinals any of these can precede the other as shown in the above example. Genitival (possessive) precedes the quantitative. Demonstratives occupy the leftmost position in the phrase, as no modifier can precede it.
 

On the basis of the above there are six kinds of adjectives.
 
A1 class:
 

All the demonstratives fall in this class as treated in the pronouns. For example:
 

y  

this (mas.)

ya 

this (fem.)

ye 

these

wo

that (mas.)

wa

that (fem.)

we

‘those’

jo 

‘which’


A2 Class :

 

All the genitival pronouns and nouns fall in this class. {--~-r-~g} inflected for gender, number and case occurs after the oblique nominal forms agree with the head noun. Examples are given in the direct masculine singular from :
 

ap

‘own’

mero 

‘my’

màro

‘our’

Usgo 

‘his’

gera go 

‘boy’s’

etc


A3 Class :
 

All the cardinal numerals fall in this class.
 

Examples are :
 

ek 

‘one’

do 

‘two’

tr

‘three’

s

‘seven’

s  

‘hundred’

ţà

‘two and a half’

etc

 

 

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