Second Lesson.
Of the nouns.
Supposing the pupil knows the classification of the nouns into proper, common or appellative &., we shall occupy ourselves with their formation, being as it is, so much diverse and usual.
A great number of nouns and verbs are compounded in Bisaya by means of roots and particles.
The root is the word which contains in itself the signification of the thing, but can not express it without any other word, which we call a particle, to which the root must be united.
1.a With the particle ca at the beginning of the root, and an after, are formed collective nouns, and nouns of place, as:—Grove, cacahoyan—Banana plantation, casagingan.
2.a With the particle ca before, are formed the nouns of quality, as:—Whiteness,—Ang caputi.
3.a By placing the particle pagca before the roots, are formed the abstract nouns, and those pointing out the essence of the things, as:
| Sweetness. | Ang catam-is. |
| Mercy. | Ang calo-oy. |
| Kindness. | Ang caayo. |
| Divinity. | Ang pagca Dios. |
| Humanity. | Ang pagca taoo. |
| Hardness. | Ang pagca guhi. |
4.a With the particle isigca before the root, are formed correlative nouns, placing the possessive pronoun in genitive case, as: