Bikol/Singular and Plural 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). langkaw ↔ haralangkaw dakula ↔ darakula If the adjectives requires the «ma-» prefix, then the plural is formed by reduplicating the first syllable of the verb base. gayon ↔ magagayon siram ↔ masisiram 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. dakula ↔ nagdakula (big --> grew big) askad ↔ nagaskad (salty --> became salty) more examples A small stone. Sarong sadit na gapô. Four small stones. Apat na saradit na gapô. A dry shorts. Sarong marang sarwal. Two dry shorts. Duwang mararang sarwal. A short bamboo split. Sarong halìpot na salsag. Seven short bamboo splits. Pitong haralìpot na salsag. A long bamboo split. Sarong halabang salsag. Four long bamboo splits. Apat na haralabang salsag.