8.3    Concord

The head of the subject has concord relationship with the head of the predicate in a clause. The following type of concord relationship exists between the Yerava subjects and predicates.

8.3.1.    Noun phrase + Noun phrase type

Concord between nouns and adjectives

This type of concord is possible when a noun is head of the noun phrase and adjective is in the predicate phrase. The concord is for both gender and number. If the head noun in the noun phrase is in masculine, the element of the predicate phrase too would be in masculine. Similarly for other gender too. If the head noun in the noun phrase is in the plural, element of the predicate phrase too would be in plural. Similarly for the singular too.

(i) Noun + adjective   ive    ceriya    pire  1        2         3       ‘This    is    a    small    house’  1                     2         3       i:    pire   ceriye 1      2        3       ‘This    house    is    small’    1         2               3       ave    baliya    pu:e   1        2          3       ‘That    is    a    big    cat’    1                   2      3       a:    pu:e    baliye 1         2           3       ‘That    cat    is    big’    1        2            3