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Karl Basallote from Bicol Region

Pluralizing Verbs

Verbs are pluralized by placing after the first syllable of the verb base a syllable consisting of «r-» plus the vowel that appears in the first syllable of the base. Pluralization can be used to indicate the plurality of the object of the verb as in "I bought a pencil" --> "I bought pencils", or to pluralize the subject as in "He walked to the market" --> "They walked to the market". There is no morphological distinction between these two forms of pluralization.

Pluralization of the object: binakál<vblex><pl> ↔ binarakál pinundó<vblex><pl> ↔ pinurundó If the base verb begins with an L, then the plural infix is prefixed to the base. naglakáw<vblex><pl> ↔ nagralakáw Repeated Action To express a repeated action, the affix «pára-» is used. This roughly translates to "he keeps doing it".

Nominal Series: Occupation Forms The prefix «pára-» can be added to a verb base to create an occupational form. These nouns refer to a person who keeps doing the action contained in the verb base (as for a job).

kantá<vblex><n><aa> ↔ párakánta (sing --> singer) tahí<vblex><n><aa> ↔ páratáhi (sew --> taylor/ seamstress) General Nominal «pang-» The prefix «pang-» can be added to certain verb bases to form nouns. The meaning conveyed with these nouns is that their sole function is for the action of the verb base from which they are derived.

sipít<vblex><n> ↔ pansipít (fasten --> clothes pin): Saín mo ibinugták an pansipít = Where did you put the clothes pin? híke<vblex><n> ↔ panhíke (hike --> hiking (shoes)): Panghíke an sapátos na iní = These are hiking shoes. Adjectives Adjective Phrase The adjective phrase is composed of two parts: an adjective affix and an adjective base. The adjective phrase may consist of a single word or a series of words.

There are three kinds of adjective bases.

Those which take the «ma-» affix gayón<adj><sg> ↔ magayón sirám<adj><sg> ↔ masirám Those which take the «ha-» affix (usually words related to height, length, and depth) langkáw<adj><sg> ↔ halangkáw rárom<adj><sg> ↔ harárom Those which take no affix (including but not limited to colors and numbers) pulá<adj><sg> ↔ pulá duwá<adj><sg> ↔ duwá Superlatives Superlatives are formed by placing the prefix «pináka-» in front of the adjective phrase (which includes its adjective affix).

«ma-» class gayón<adj><sg> ^{↔ pinákamagayón «ha-» class langkáw<adj><sg> ↔ pinákahalangkáw «∅-» class dakúla<adj><sg> ↔ pinákadakúla Pluralizing Adjectives There are two ways to pluralize adjectives, depending on their prefixes.}

If the adjectives takes the prefix «ha-» or no prefix, the plural is formed the same way as in verbs (by placing after the first syllable of the verb base a syllable consisting of «r-» plus the vowel that appears in the first syllable of the base). langkáw<adj><pl> ↔ haralangkáw dakúla<adj><pl> ↔ darakúla If the adjectives requires the «ma-» prefix, then the plural is formed by reduplicating the first syllable of the verb base. gayón<adj><pl> ↔ magagayón Verbs from Adjective Bases When using an adjective base as a verb, one adds the prefix «mag-». This then makes the word act as an intransitive verb base.

dakúla<adj><vblex> ↔ nagdakúla (big --> grew big) asgád<adj><vblex> ↔ nagasgád (salty --> became salty) Categories: BikolGrammar documentation Navigation menu Log in PageDiscussionReadView sourceView history Search Main page Recent changes Random page Help about MediaWiki Tools What links here Related changes Special pages Printable version Permanent link Page information This page was last modified on 27 February 2017, at 15:43. Privacy policyAbout LING073DisclaimersPowered by MediaWiki