 Every word in Chinese is monosyllabic, and the same word without any change of form, may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus ta, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very much,...  The Alphabet: An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters - Page 28by Isaac Taylor - 1883 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1868 - 98 pages
...number, case, tense, mood or person. Every word in Chinese is monosyllabic, and the same word without any change of form, may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus ta, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1868 - 62 pages
...person. CEvery word in Chinese is monosyllabic, and the same word without any change of form, may bo used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus ta, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | Richard Morris - 1872 - 482 pages
...stage. ' ' Every word in Chinese is monosyllabic ; and the same word, without any change of form, maybe used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus ta, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1875 - 654 pages
...case, tense, mood, or person. Every word in Chinese is monosyllabic, and the same word, without any change of form, may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus ta, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1876 - 588 pages
...case, tense, mood, or person. Evety word in Chinese is monosyllabic, and the same word, without any change of form, may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus (a, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | Richard Morris - 1877 - 440 pages
...isolating or monosyllabic stage. "Every word in Chinese is monosyllabic ; and the same word, without any change of form, may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus (a, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | Amaro Cavalcanti - 1883 - 244 pages
...isolating or monosyllabic stage . « Every word in Chinese is monosyllabic; and the same word, without any change of form, may be used, as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb or a particle . Thus, ta, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | David Jayne Hill - 1893 - 392 pages
...language. Max Milller says: "Every word in Chinese is monosyllabic; and the same word, without any change of form, may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. Thus to, according to its position in a sentence, may mean great, greatness, to grow, very... | |
 | Sarat Chandra Roy (Rai Bahadur) - 1912 - 684 pages
..., , . . , has hardly begun in the (v) Accidence. .._ ,_ • J. r^, Mundari language. 1 he same root may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, and so forth, without any change of form. The particular function the root performs in the sentence... | |
 | United Service Institution of India - 1901 - 494 pages
...to make these distinctions by means of prefixes, or suffixes, for these do not exist. (d) Therefore the same word without change of form may be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb, or a particle. The result is to be seen in the following literal translation of a Chinese passport: ' Consul... | |
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