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An Elementary Grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese Language

by Thomas Hodson

23. Syntax of Adjectives (§§ 202 - 203)

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Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language. --23. Syntax of Adjectives (§§ 202 - 203) . -- Fassung vom 2011-08-26. -- URL: http://www.payer.de/hodson/hodson23.htm      

First published as:  Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language ; in which every word used in the examples is translated, and the pronunciation is given in English characters. -- 2. ed. -- Bangalore : Wesleyan Mission Press, 1864. -- 128 p. ; 23 cm.

First time published here: 2011-08-26

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This text is part of the section Sanskrit und Indien  of Tüpfli's Global Village Library

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Syntax [ಪ್ರಯೋಗ prayōga] of Adjectives [ಗುಣವಾಚಕ guṇavācaka]

202. The Adjective precedes the noun of which it expresses the quality; as,

• ದೊಡ್ಡ ಊರು doḍḍa ūru, A large town.
• ಬಿಳೀ ಕುದುರೆ biḷī kudure, A white horse.

But a noun of quality, that is, an adjective with a personal termination, follows the noun or pronoun with which it is connected; as,

• ಅವನು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯವನು avanu oḷḷeyavanu, He is a good man.
• ಅವಳು ಕೆಟ್ಟವಳು avaḷu keṭṭavaḷu, She is a bad woman.

203. The repetition of an adjective denotes excess in degree or quality; as,

• ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗಳು cikka cikka hakkigaḷu, Very little birds.
• ಕೊಂಚ ಕೊಂಚ ಹುಲ್ಲು koṃca koṃca hullu, A very little grass.
• ದೊಡ್ಡ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಟ್ಣ doḍḍa doḍḍa paṭṇa, A very large city.

To 24. Syntax of Pronouns (§§ 204 - 216)