| (iv)
The noun followed by the numeral: |
b rk kay ha
phayka |
| ‘A
man came.’ |
b ta kµnµy hukkhlay |
| His two
elder brothers are doing shifting cultivation’ |
ray khrktham bl thµ g |
| ‘Three
boys are playing with a ball.’ |
| (v)
The noun preceded by the genitive: |
| bini
buma bura ukha |
| ‘His
mother became old.’ |
| (vi)
The noun followed by the free adjective : |
bµrµy ug
naythgma kayhan nukkha |
| ‘saw
a beautiful girl.’ |
| bsala hikla sµ
msakha |
| ‘His
young sons danced.’ |
| bsaukrk ri tag |
| ‘His
younger daughter weaves cloth.’ |
| sµyla
ksm trkha |
| ‘The
black dog grew tall.’ |
| All these
manifestations of the noun phrase in Kokborok can be represented by
the following formula : |
| +
adj. +N + gen. + adj + num. + pl. +case
+ p.p. + emph. |
| bsa-uk-hikla-kµnµy-sN-ni8-thani-sE |
| child-female-young-two-pl.-of-from-emph. |
| ‘from
the two young daughters.’ |
n k
bupha-rg-ni tlaw- |
| many tree-pl-of
under-at |
| ‘under
many trees.’ |
| wag-la-ksm-n |
| pig-male-black-to |
| ‘to
the black male pig.’ |
| sµy-la-bura-kayha-n |
| dog-male-old-one-to |
| ‘to
one old male dog.’ |
| 4.1.2.2.
The verb phrase : |
| The verb
phrase in Kokborok may be anyone of the following: |
| 1.
The simple verb: |
| aN
aug |
| ‘I
sit.’ |
| b kayakkha |
| ‘he
married.’ |
| µ
msanay |
| ‘we
will dance.’ |
| ms rayakh |
| ‘chilli
has not ripened.’ |
