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Contents 1 Categories 2 Pronouns 2.1 Pronoun Subcategory 2.2 Person 2.3 Number 2.4 Grammatical Case 2.5 Animacy 2.6 Gender 2.7 Honorifics 3 Adjective 3.1 Degree 3.2 Note: 4 Determiner 5 Verb 5.1 Tense and Mood 6 **Noun 6.1 Speling Format Order 7 Proper nouns 7.1 Note: 8 Notes:

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[edit] Categories

Symbol	Gloss	Numeric value	Notes
n	Noun	0
np	Proper noun	1
vblex	Standard verb	2
adj	Adjective	3
adv	Adverb	4
det	Determiner	5
prn	Pronoun	6
pst	Postposition	7
ij	Interjection	8
cnjcoo	Co-ordinating Conjunction	9
cnjsum	Sub-ordinating Conjunction	10, a
num	Numeral	11,b

[edit] Pronouns

[edit] Pronoun Subcategory

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
Prpers	Personal Pronoun	(use in the lemma field)
dem	Demonstrative Pronoun
rec	Reciprocal Pronoun
ref	Reflexive Pronoun
int	Interrogative Pronoun
rel	Relative Pronoun

[edit] Person

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
p1	1st Person
p2	2nd Person
p3	3rd Person
all	Applicable to all Persons
impers	Impersonal	Used only in verbs eg. It rains - বৃষ্টি পড়ে

[edit] Number

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
sg	Singular
pl	Plural
sp	Singular and Plural

[edit] Grammatical Case

Symbol	Gloss	Numeric value	Notes
nom	Nominative Case	0
obj	Objective Case	1
gen	Genitive(possessive) Case	2
loc	Locative Case	3

[edit] Animacy

Symbol	Gloss	Numeric value	Notes
nn	Inanimate	0
aa	Animate	1
hu	Human	2
el	Elite	3
an	Animate/Inanimate	4
ah	Animate/Human	5
eh	Elite/Human	6

NOTE: hu ,el and their hybrid are only used in case of Nouns

[edit] Gender

Symbol	Gloss	Numeric value	Notes
mf	Male,Female	0
m	Male	1
f	Female	2
nt	Neuter/Inanimate	3
un	*Common and Neuter (Both animate and inanimate)	4

[edit] Honorifics

Symbol	Gloss	Numeric Value	Notes
pol	Polite	2
fam	Familiar	1
infml	Informal	0

[edit] Adjective

[edit] Degree

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
sint	Synthetic
psint	Partially Synthetic
comp	Comparative
sup	Superlative

[edit] Note:

• We are not tagging positive degree as its the default.

[edit] Determiner

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
det	Determiner
ind	Indefinite	eg. একটি, আরেকটি, অন্য
pos	Possessive	eg. তার, আমার
demo	Demonstrative	eg. এই, এইটা
ord	Ordinal	eg. প্রথম, দ্বিতীয়, তৃতীয়
qnt	Quantifier	eg. অনেক, বেশি
itg	Interrogative	eg. কী, কত
pers	Personal	eg. আমরা মানুষেরা - We people
def	Definite	Bengali does not have separate definite article, normally 'টা' is added to lemma

[edit] Verb

[edit] Tense and Mood

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
ger	Gerund	going -> যাওয়া
inf	Infinitive	to go -> যেতে
inf2	Infinitive (Alternate)/Genitive Form	eg সেখানে যাবার জন্য - For going there
pressmpl	Present Simple
prescnt	Present Continuous
pastsmpl	Past Simple
pastcont	Past Continuous
pasthbtl	Past Habitual
pastcnd	Past Conditional
prft	Perfect
plprft	Pluperfect
ftsmpl	Future Simple
ftcnt	Future Continuous
ppst	Past Participle
pcnd	Conditional Participle
presimp	Present Imperative
ftimp	Future Imperative
neg	Negative	সে যায় - He goes, সে যায়না - He does not go.

[edit] **Noun

[edit] Speling Format Order

[Stem]; [Inflection]; [animacy].[number].[case].[definite]; n.[gender]

eg. বালক; বালকটাকে; hu.sg.obj.def; n.m

[edit] Proper nouns

Symbol	Gloss	Numeric Value	Note
ant	Anthroponym	0	Human first names (e.g. John)
top	Toponym	1	Topological names (e.g. Dhaka, Baghdad, London)
hyd	Hydronym	2	Names of rivers etc.
cog	Cognomen	3	Second (or family) name (e.g. Smith)
org	Organisation	4	Organization (e.g. National Health Service)
al	Altres	5	Others (e.g. Brand names like Wikipedia, or Talc, etc.)

[edit] Note:

• Cognomen Can be both singular and plural
• Anthroponyms are always singular
• Toponyms and Hydronym are always singular

[edit] Notes:

• *Final decision yet to be taken
• **Place holder