jngi
|
‘wild’
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hIsb
|
‘half’
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hr
|
‘every’
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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
|
kr
|
|
A1
|
A2 |
A3 |
A4 |
A5 |
A6 |
N |
V |
these |
my |
first |
two |
very |
good |
houses |
are |
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"These are my first two very good houses"
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However in the above construction A3 and A4
are interchangeable so/ye mera do pa jor
cnga
kr
)/
is equally acceptable sentence.
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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.
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On the basis of the above there are six kinds of adjectives.
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A1 class:
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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’
|
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A2 Class :
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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 :
|
apo
|
|
‘own’
|
mero
|
|
‘my’
|
màro
|
|
‘our’
|
Usgo
|
|
‘his’
|
gera go
|
|
‘boy’s’
|
|
etc
|
|
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A3 Class :
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All the cardinal numerals fall in this class.
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Examples are :
|
ek
|
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‘one’
|
do
|
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‘two’
|
tr€
|
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‘three’
|
st
|
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‘seven’
|
s
|
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‘hundred’
|
ţài
|
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‘two and a half’
|
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etc |
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