c htho
hIsso |
‘One fourth part’ |
(¼
of
the whole)
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p njmo
hIsso
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‘One fifth part’
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(1/5 of the whole)
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and also
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tijo hIsso
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‘One third part’
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(1/3 of the whole’ |
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or
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trIyo hIsso
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Besides the above stated ordinal numerals there are also some other
adjectives which mark the order of person and things. These are :
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| sIra go |
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‘last one’ |
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pIchlo
sIro
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‘last corner’
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sIra go j o
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‘the last person’
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pIchli
geri
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‘the last girl’
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etc. |
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There are also other types of numerals which mark distributive function
such as one fold, two folds etc. In the language such functions are marked
by {-r-} added to the alternant of cardinal numerals and then this stem
takes the gender-number suffixes depending on the gender and number of the
following nouns. Forms are given in masculine singular which can be
inflected like adjectives of /rtt-/ class.
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kéro
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‘one fold’
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dóro
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‘two folds’
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téro
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‘three folds’
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córo
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‘four folds’
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etc.
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There is another type may be called as proportional numerals which
denote the proposition of something in relation to another. These are
marked by {-gU¸-}
added to the cardinal numerals and then these are inflected like /rtt-/
class adjectives. A few examples of this type are given in masculine
singular form:
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dUgUo
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‘double’
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tigUo
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‘triple’
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tigUo
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‘triple’
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cgUo
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‘quadruple’
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etc.
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There are other devices used in the language for measuring
length/breadth such as by fingers broad wise and the spread hand preceded
by cardinal number. Thus the nouns are used like adjectives. Examples are
:
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ek ng
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(equal to) ‘one finger’(long)
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ek
g
tàgo
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‘one finger long thread’
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car ng
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(equal to) ‘four fingers (long)’
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ek gI
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(equal to) ‘one spreaded hand’
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do gIh
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(equal to) ‘two spreaded hands’
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A verbal form in Gojri consists of the verb stem and concord endings
person-number or gender-number. Let us take some verbal forms like /b€sũgo/
(I male) shall sit’, /bswaũgo/
‘(I male) shall make (someone) sit’, /bswasũ/
(I) shall make (someone) sit’ and /bswaũ/
‘(I) may make someone sit’. From these verbal forms we shall get /b€sũg-/,
/bswaũg/,
bswas-/
and /bswa-/
as verbal stems and further we get {-g-~s-} as furture stem formative and
/b€sũ-/,
/bswaũ/,
/bswa-/
as the verbal bases. Thus /bswa-/
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