Lesson 21
Some Adjectives
An adjective says something about a noun. In Blin an adjective comes
after the noun it describes. All adjectives have the same forms in
plural, but they can be different for singular masculine and feminine.
grwa beher = great man, big man
krnga Harfaf = rough stone
nan lawuKw = right hand
anqi shKardi = a beautiful girl
(literally, a girl of beauty, who possesses beauty).
adam tkyaKw = a good man (person)
kew tkyew = good people
qren tkyreri = a good country
gena bekiti = a kind mother
grwa Hasd = a cruel man
qura shKaruKw = handsome boy
(literally, a boy of beauty, who possesses beauty).
21.1 Most Blin adjective stand alone, some have a verb form, and still
some others have verb and noun forms.
Some adjectives that do not have verb/noun forms
beher = big
gnay = small, little
uQtu = few
belnga = some
gemaI = old, aged (for people)
Some adjectives that have noun and verb forms are
Adjective: bungwa = lier
Verb: bungwitna = to lie
Noun: bn = lie
grwa bunga = a lier (man)
anqi bungwa = a lier (girl)
21.2 Some singular adjectives are different for male and female singular
but plurals are always the same for both genders.
Adjective: shKaruKw = handsome, beautiful
Verb: shKartna = to be handsome, to be beautiful
Noun: shKar = beauty
Some adjectives that are the same for sungular mmasculine and feminine
are:
suwana = thief; (plural: sukwan)
bunGwa = lier; (plural: bungut)
Examples: The examples below listed in the following order: verb
infinitive (v), noun (n), and adjectives.
shKartna (v) = to be beautiful, to be good,
shKar (n) = beauty
qura shKaruKw = a handsome boy
anqi shKardi = a beatiful girl
quraqur shKaru = handsome boys
enqaq shKaru = beautiful girls
sererna (v) = to be red, serenta (n) = redness
grwa seraKw = a red man, grw serew = red men
IKwina sereri = a red woman, Ikwin serew = red women
arebitna (v) = to be black, arebnar (n) = blackness
grwa areba = a black man, grw aref = black men
iKwina areba = a black woman, ikwin aref = black women
shirna (v) = to be long, shirng (n) = length
qura shiraKw = a tall boy quraqur shirew = tall boys
anqi shireri = a tall girl enqaq shirew = tall girls
kuna = to kill (v), kuwn (n) = killing
kuwaKw = one who kills (he)
kureri = one who kills (she)
kuwow = those who kill
TeAmbna (v) = to beat, TeAmba (n) = beating
TeAmbaKw = one who beats (he)
TeAmbreri = one who beats (she)
TeAmbew = those who beat
enkelna (v) = to love, enkeli (n) = love
enkelaKw = one who loves (he)
enkelderi = one who loves (she)
enkelew = those who love
beketna (v) = to be kind, beket (n) kindness
sim bekit = a kind chief
seyem bekait = kind chieves
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