{m~naih prè:} an excellent man , a good house; OCJjS OOOOGji the
eternal God. has-adj.htm
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From:
1. Grammatical notes and Vocabulary
of the Peguan Language, to which are added
a few pages of phrases, etc., by Haswell, J.M.,
ABM Press (American Baptist Mission Press),
Rangoon, 1874
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Parts of Speech
Adjectives
Numerals
Numeral Auxiliaries
Ordinals
Contents of this page
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Adjectives are placed after the nouns to which they be long, as,
{m~naih prè:} an excellent man , a good house; OCJjS OOOOGji the
eternal God.
Adjectives are compared by adding ccoo^ for the com parative, and £^oS for the
superlative, as O^j^aD^GCCO^ 0§§ this house is letter than that house. C§GOQ^9^o5
the house yonder is best. To express a slight degree is used, as qpc8{8 a little
sweet, or if compared with something else, a little sioeeter. To express a very
small degree g3 is reduplicated as qooS^S^B a very little sweet, or sweeter. To
express a high degree, but not the superlative ^SogsooS is used, as, qooS^SogcoaS
very sweet, lit. not a little sweet. ^8 may either .follow or precede the
adjective as, qooS^ScjgsooS or ^SqooScgecoS » With two adjectives, namely, good,
and Gcf)<5 hand some, og& ( pronounced ke-o) is often used in conversation, as
OCJjS^jb exceedingly good; but it is seldom if ever used in books. 'Pronominal
Adjectives. Pronominals are generally placed after the nouns to which they
belong. This, this man. g is frequently used where it cannot be translated. SjOD
This, (colloquial.) O^OO this day. § That, § J5§ that man.
vm COO That, (used in speaking of objects at a distance.) [[p013begin}]
{m~téän} that man, sometimes GOO and § both used ; hi that case, GOO is
placed before and § after the noun, and are equivalent to that there, GOO^oS^
that man there, GOD 0§^ that house there, or yonder. COO,<g and § are some, time
used when speaking of things that have previously been spoken of, GOO^o5g§ll SI
or S{§ W7iat, as tj^oSccp what man, or what sort of man, ^|GGp What is the
matter ? <tf§GGp What is it\ 005§ or OoSg Thus, of this sort. o5S^>Co5§ Of this
kind, or after this manner. OOaO^gJoS Other. Another. §o5OOC0O§ gDoS other men.
OO^OO^oS All, the whole. 4o54 ail §o5<4o54 all men. C^[8 Some, O^C^L8^C^[6Og^ >Sbm«
of the house, are good, some are not good. OOOS What hind, as, OCo5<^o5ccp what
kind of a man is he. gD<S Every or each-, go6^o5 every man. gp6lbj>D; each one
of us. gD<S and are both used, and give additional force, as, gD lit. every man,
all. ^8 How many t or much t c£^8ccp Aow> cattle f (o^^Scqp Aoto mwi silver ?
/So much, so many, «o wiwcA silver, 00 many cattle. ^[6 Many, or much. <^u8^|S
many men. CCo5^[S much fruit. To express a very large quantity or number ^[6 is
reduplicated, as, @|§(.^§L^ verV much silver- or, is prefixced, followed by
OgGOoS as, §o5o8^5cg cooS very many men [{p014begin}].
{aun}
Few, or small in quantity, ^o5c93D$ few men. To express a very small quantity
coso^ is repeated, oocS cojo^cooo^ a very small quantity of fruit. Nouns are
used as adjectives, as, <^0$Q«D§ a Peguan man.
c8o5gO a Burman book.
OjQocS a plantain tree.
Numerals generally follow the nouns, as, ^o5o§ four men; but sometimes, in inanimate objects they precede the noun, as 80^ three trees, 8ogD^ three villages. In living objects, the numeral always comes after the noun.
oocO -4. master or owner is applied to men, as, three men, 0§^OQCO One governor. ao£ is applied either to men or to God, as, ogS^cho^ one God, <^u5£c?>a^ one man. ooco5o is applied to things in masses or lumps, as c8^ooco$o one lump of earth, ogoS^rocoSo one loaf of bread. OGOO§ is applied to flat things, as, OOg^OGCO^ one sheet of paper, 3C^6^OC00§ one board. 05(S is applied to long things, as sq^O^lS one log. OcibO^ OJ^S ten nails. ©G®") is sometimes applied to long round things, as, OCJ^^O G®) but og>(S is more generally used. C^o6 la applied to flowers, as o5^G^o6 one flower, ScjpS three flowers.
. '-. The Ordinals are of Pali origin, and follow the nouns to which they belong, as C^^C^O^j the second day, C^OQcBcX)] the third day. [{p014end}]
UKT: Verbs in the next file.
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