Adjectives in Purki can bae classified into two categories :
(i)
basic and (ii) derived. Those adjectives which belong to the basic category are
not derived from other grammatical categories. As the term implies the
adjectives which belong to the derived category are derived from other
grammatical categories. The adjectives can be further classifeid as adjectives
of Quality and Quantity. This distinction is based on the criterion
distributional differences.
The adjectives of Quality, in a noun phrase construction,
precede the head nouns. The demonstrative adjectives are not included under this
category. They also precede the head nouns.
rgya:la bucha
1 2
good boy
1 2
rimo
bucha
1 2
tall boy
1 2
rdamo bomo
1 2
beautiful girl
1 2
In a noun phrase construction, more than one adjective may
occur.
rimo
rgya:la
bucha
1 2
3
tall good
boy
1 2
3
naqpo rgiya:la
rimo
bucha
1
2
3
4
tall black
good boy
3
1
2
4
rimo
ramo
naqpo rgya:la bomo`
1
2
3
4 5
tall beautiful
black good girl
1
2
3
4 5
In a noun phrase construction in
which both the demonstrative and quality adjectives occur, the
demonstrative adjective precedes the quality adjective.
a
?
mo
bucha
amo 
