WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?"
Sifianh cu zeidah a si?
Simply put adjectives are descriptive words. Adjectives are used to describe or give information about things, ideas and people: nouns or pronouns.
-A fawinak in chim ahcun sifianh timi cu chimrel fianhnak biafang hna an si ko. Sifianh cu thil, ruahnak, le minung: auhmin an silole min can pawl kong chimnak le fianhternak caah hman an si.
For Example:-
Bianabia:-
The grey dog barked.
(The adjective grey describes the noun "dog".)
-Uico pawl (a pawlmi) a bo.
(Sifianh 'pawl/a pawlmi' nih hin auhmin simi 'uico' hi a sinak chimrel in a fianh.
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The most common question an adjective might answer is "What kind of ...?"
àSifianh nih a leh zungzal hnga awk ding biahalnak cu, "Zeibantuk phun/Zeibantuk hi dah...?" tihi a si.
The good news is that in English the form of an adjective does not change, once you have learnt it that's it and it does not matter if the noun being described is male or female, singular or plural, subject or object. Yay!
-Thilttha pakhat simi cu Mirangca ahhin sifianh ttialning hi aa thleng bal lo, cucaah na thiam cang hnu ahcun thiam bak a si ko. Auhmin he pehtaih in nu le pa kong na chim ah siseh, a tlawm tam kong ah siseh, thil le ri kong ah siseh na buai ti lai lo.
Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size colour etc (fact adjectives - can't be argued with).
àCheukhat sifianh nih cun auhmin kongkau dik tein a kan chimh tawn - kum, hmetngan, muici tbk kong hna cu atak in le dikthlir ngai in a kan chimh tawn. (Atak sifianh - al awk ttha lomi. tc. Mirang taksa cu a rang/ngo.)
Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful etc (opinion adjectives - not everyone may agree).
àCheukhat sifianh nih cun mi zeimaw nih mi pakhat khat kong a ruahnak zong kha a chim tawn -- a ttha, a chia, aa dawh maw tbk (ruahnak sifianh -- zapi nih lungtlin dih hnga lem lomi)
If you are asked questions with which, whose, what kind, or how many, you need an adjective to be able to answer.
àZei he, zei phun, silole zeizat tbk biafang in bia na hal na si tikah sifianh hmang in bialehnak na tuah khawh a hau.
Example: How many siblings do you have?
Bianabia: Unau pa zeizat na ngeih?
Answer: I have five siblings.
Bialeh: Unau panga ka ngei.
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There are different types of adjectives in the English language:
àMirang caholh ahhin sifianh phun hi an um len:
Numeric: six, one hundred and one etc.
Nambat phun: paruk, za le pakhat tbk.
Quantitative: more, all, some, half, more than enough etc.
Zat: tam deuh, dihlak, cheukhat, acheu, zafang lengin tbk.
Qualitative: colour, size, smell etc.
Sining he pehtlai in: muici, hmetngan, rim/haw tbk.
Possessive: my, his, their, your etc.
Ngeihco: Keimah ta, Amah ta, anmah ta, nangmah ta tbk.
Interrogative: which, whose, what etc.
Biahalnak: zeikhi, ho khi, zei tbk.
Demonstrative: this, that, those, these etc.
Hmuhsaknak: Mah hi, mah khi, mah hna khi, mah hna hi tbk.
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Colour
Adjectives can be used to describe colour.
Muici
àSifianh cu muici chimrelnak ah hman khawh a si.
blue, red, green, brown, yellow, black, white, etc.
àadum, asen, ahring, apawl, aihre, anak, arang tbk.
For Example:
"The blue bag." or "The blue bags".
"Zal dum" silole "Zal dum hna"
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Opinion
Adjectives can be used to give your opinion about something.
Ruahnak
àSifianh cu thil zeimaw kong ah na ruahmi chimrelnak ah hman khawh a si.
good, pretty, right, wrong, funny, light, happy, sad, full, soft, hard etc.
àttha, aa dawh, adik, apalh, nihchuak, ceu, nuamh, ngaihchiat, khat, nem, hak tbk.
For Example:
Bianabia:
He was a silly boy. / She was a silly girl.
Ngakchia molh a si./
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Size
Adjectives can be used to describe size.
Hmetngan
àSifianh cu hmetngan kong chimrelnak ah hman khawh a si.
big, small, little, long, tall, short, same as, etc.
àngan, hmet, tlawmte, sau, sang, niam, aa khat, tbk.
For Example:
"The big man."
Bianabia: "Mi ngan pa."
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Age
Adjectives can be used to describe age.
Kum
àKum le khua chimrelnak ca ahhin sifianh hi hman khawh a si.
old, young, etc.
tar, no, tbk.
Example:
"He was an old man."
Bianabia: "Putar a si."
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Shape
Adjectives can be used to describe shape.
Sawisam
àSawisam kong chimrelnak ahhin sifianh hi hman a si tawn.
round, circular, triangular, rectangular, square, oval, etc.
pum, kual, kithum, kili, kiruang, zawl/zol tbk.
Example:
Bianabia:
Rings are circle.
Kutdonghorlh cu an pum.
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Distance
Adjectives can be used to describe distance.
Can (Naih hlat)
àCan kong chimrelnak ahhin sifianh hi hman khawh a si.
long, short, far, around, start, high, low, etc.
àsau, tawi, hlat, naih, thok, sang, niam, tbk.
For Example:
"She went for a long walk."
"Lam hlapi ah a kal."
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Temperature
Adjectives can be used to describe temperature.
Kihlum
àKihlum kong chimrelnak ahhin sifianh hi hman khawh a si.
cold, warm, hot, cool, etc.
kik, lum, lin, dai, tbk.
For Example:
"It was a hot day"
"Alinh ni bak a si."
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Time
Adjectives can be used to describe time.
Caan
àCaan kong chimrelnak ahhin sifianh hi hman khawh a si.
late, early, bed, nap, dinner, lunch, day, morning, night, etc.
àtlai, tuan, ihcaan, zau, zanriah, chuncaw, ni, zing, zan tbk.
For Example:
"She had an early start."
"Tuan ah a thok."
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Purpose
Adjectives can be used to describe purpose. (These adjectives often end with "-ing".)
àTinhmi chimrelnak ahhin sifianh hi hman a si tawn, i hi bantuk ahhin cun sifianh tu biafang hi '-ing' he a dong tawn.
For Example:
Tahchunhnak:
"She gave them a sleeping bag."
à"Ihnak caah ih phah bawm a pek hna." Hi ahhin sleep hi ing he a dong.
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