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3.3.1.2.
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Adjectives of Quantity |
The adjectives of quantity are distinguished from the adjectives of Quality,
not merely on the basis of semantics but on the basis of disdtributional
differences. The adjectives of Quality, as it has been pointed out in
(3.3.1.1.), precede the head nouns which they modity. But the adjectives of
Quantity follow the head nouns.
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bucha
 is |
| 1
2 |
two boys |
| 2 1 |
bomo
 a |
| 1
2 |
five girls |
| 2 1 |
mi kačik |
| 1 2 |
some men |
| 2
1 |
ča
kore is |
| 1 2
3 |
two cups (of) tea |
| 3 2
1 |
kusu dar an is |
| 1
2 3 |
two dozens (of) apple |
| 3
2
1 |
mul
rgya |
| 1
2 |
hundred rupees |
2 1
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Adverbs |
Adverbs may be defined as a
class of words which modify the verbs. They precede the verbs
they modify.
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khos oqsmo
oqsmo
silat |
| 1
2
3 4 |
he reads fast (very fast) |
| 1
4 2+3 |
oqsmo
oqsmo
charčuk |
|
1
2
3 |
Finish (it) quickly (very quickly) |
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3
1+2 |
kho kulea dulba |
| 1
2 3 |
he walks slowly |
| 1
3 2 |
khos
čupčate
sambatamat |
| 1
2 3 |
he thinks calmly |
1
3 2
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Reduplication of a word e.g. oqsmo
oqsmo
denotes the intensification of the adverbial meaning. -a may
be segmented as the adverbial suffix in kulea because kule
occurs as such in isolation functioning as an adjective.
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3.4.
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Derivation |
Suffixes in Purki can broadly be
classified into two kinds : (i) inflectional and (ii)
derivational. The suffixes as number, case, tense and aspect
added to the nominal and
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