Language/Burmese/Grammar/Adjectives
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In today's lesson, we will be discussing adjectives in Burmese. Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns. They can be used to give more information about the noun or pronoun they are modifying. In Burmese, adjectives are usually placed before the noun they are modifying.
Types of Adjectives
There are two types of adjectives in Burmese: descriptive adjectives and possessive adjectives.
Descriptive Adjectives
Descriptive adjectives are used to describe the qualities of a noun or pronoun. Examples of descriptive adjectives in Burmese include အမြန် (beautiful), အသေးစိတ် (tall), and အရှေ့ (old).
Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of a noun or pronoun. Examples of possessive adjectives in Burmese include ကိုယ်ပိုင် (my), သင်ပိုင် (your), and ဒီပိုင် (his/her).
Adjective Endings
In Burmese, adjectives have different endings depending on the gender and number of the noun or pronoun they are modifying.
Masculine Nouns
When modifying masculine nouns, adjectives take the ending ကျာ (-ka). For example, အမြန်ကျာ (beautiful-ka) and အသေးစိတ်ကျာ (tall-ka).
Feminine Nouns
When modifying feminine nouns, adjectives take the ending ကျော (-kya). For example, အမြန်ကျော (beautiful-kya) and အသေးစိတ်ကျော (tall-kya).
Plural Nouns
When modifying plural nouns, adjectives take the ending ကျား (-kaa). For example, အမြန်ကျား (beautiful-kaa) and အသေးစိတ်ကျား (tall-kaa).
Adjective Order
In Burmese, adjectives usually come before the noun they are modifying. For example, အမြန်ကျာ သူ (beautiful-ka person). However, there are some exceptions. For example, when using possessive adjectives, the possessive adjective comes after the noun it is modifying. For example, သူ ကိုယ်ပိုင် (person my).
Conclusion
In this lesson, we discussed adjectives in Burmese. We looked at the two types of adjectives, the different endings for adjectives depending on the gender and number of the noun or pronoun they are modifying, and the order of adjectives.
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