i cham |
ka
cham |
‘be cold’
|
‘cold’
|
| hino |
kahino |
‘be bad’
|
‘bad’
|
| ochopo keme |
‘good boy’ |
kem aochopo
|
‘good boy’
|
| hem kethe |
‘big house’ |
kethe ahem
|
‘big house’
|
|
It may be noted when the
adjective precedes the noun, the noun takes the prefix a-.
The form jon, -choy, -len, -o, etc., which are added to
descriptive verbs also occur with adjectives. When jon-
is present, the adjectival prefix does not occur.
|
monit jonthi
|
‘short man’
|
monit kithi
|
‘short man’
|
jonthi amonit
|
‘short man’
|
ajon kithi amonit
|
‘short man’
|
ajonthi-o amonit
|
‘shorter man’
|
ajonthi-pik amonit
|
‘shortest man’
|
kithi-o amonit
|
‘shorter man’
|
kithi-pik amonit
|
‘shortest man’
|
|
|
However, when the adjective precedes the
noun, ajon can precede all of them.When the plural marker
atum is present, it is the last constituent.
|
|
| monit ke-di
atum |
‘tall men’ |
|
However, the plural
-mar occurs with the noun.
|
| ochomar ke-di
|
‘tall children’ |
|
More than one adjective
can occur with a noun. When a numeral adjective occurs when
other adjectives are present, the numeral is the last
constituent or precedes the noun.
|
vo kethe keme
|
‘big beautiful bird’
|
| vo akethe keme |
‘big beautiful bird’
|
| vo kethe keme ahur |
‘groupof big beautiful birds’
|
| ochomar keme ba-hini
] |
|
| bahini
aochomar keme ] |
‘two god children’ |
keme aochomar ba
hini ]
|
|
| hem kethe hum-thom ] |
|
| kethe ahem humthom ] |
‘three big houses’ |
| humthom ahem kethe ] |
|
ilo
kethe akatuy kethom
]
|
|
| kethe pen katuy
alo
kethom ] |
‘three big tall hills’ |
akethe pen akatuy
alo
kethom ]
|
|
|
The adjective when added
to a nominal predicate can precede or follow the noun and the
tense marker occurs accordingly with the noun or the adjective.
|
la hem kethe
|
‘it is a big house’
|
la kethe ahem
|
‘it is a big house’
|
|
