without a change of meaning, as တအိမ်လုံး, or တအိမ်စလုံး, the whole house, သင်္ဘောတစင်းလုံး the whole ship.
ဘယ်နှစ်, how many? is directly prefixed to numeral auxiliaries, or words denoting a part or quantity of a thing, as သရက်သီးဘယ်နှစ်လုံး, how many mangoes? သရက်သီးဘယ်နှစ်တင်း, how many baskets of mangoes?
So much, how much? &c. are expressed, by combining pronominals with such nouns as အမျှ, အလောက်, &c. denoting quantity, as ဤမျှ, so much, ဘယ်လောက်, ဘယ်မျှလောက်, how much?
Some pronominals are doubled to form a kind of plural, as ထိုထိုဥစ္စာ, those goods.
Pronominals are frequently used substantively, and in that character, admit the noun affixes.
verbal adjectives.
Verbal adjectives are made, by joining verbal roots to nouns, according to the general rule, as မြတ်သောလူ, or လူမြတ်, an excellent man; but as the verbal root, when prefixed, is susceptible of the accidents of verbs, it is more correct to regard that construction as participial. See under Participial Affixes.
Verbal adjectives are also formed from verbal
