CHAPTER VI |
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ADJECTIVES AND ADVERB |
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In this chapter on adjectives and adverbs, the stems that modify the nouns and verbs respectively are discussed. These modifyifiers are of three types. |
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Simple and inherent |
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Secondary and derived |
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Reduplicated |
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| 6.1. Adjectives |
| The simple, derived and reduplicated adjectives modify the nouns. |
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| 6.1.1. Simple adjectives |
The simple adjectives are further classified into colour, numeral, qualitative, quantitative and demonstrative adjectives. |
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| Colour adjectives |
| The adjectives belonging to this class indicate the colour of the noun that is being qualified by them. |
| pacce |
'green’ |
| cuva:nda |
‘red’ |
| manja |
‘yellow’ |
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| Numeral adjectives |
The adjectives belonging to this class are cardinal numerals and they indicate the number of the noun that is being qualified by them. |
| onju |
‘one’ |
ira:  u |
'two’ |
| mu:nju |
‘three’ |
| na:lu |
‘four’ |
| anju |
‘five’ |
| e:yu |
‘seven’ |
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