Difference between revisions of "Modifying with Nouns"
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| + | Nouns can themselves modify nouns in syntactic patterns similar to those observed by certain adjectives. |
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| − | oɓii o safu suukar |
+ | oɓii o safu suukar |
| − | sweet fruit |
+ | 'sweet fruit (lit. sugar-tasting fruit)' |
| − | ndawal safu kaane |
+ | ndawal safu kaane |
| − | spicy meat |
+ | spicy meat (lit. hot-pepper-tasting meat)' |
| − | xa degit xadaq xa ʃokolaat |
+ | xa degit xadaq xa ʃokolaat |
| − | xa degit ʃokolaat xadaq |
+ | xa degit ʃokolaat xadaq |
| − | 'two pieces of chocolate / two chocolate pieces' |
+ | 'two pieces of chocolate / two chocolate pieces' |
| − | otew oʄoola omosu oxe |
+ | otew oʄoola omosu oxe |
| − | 'the beautiful Jola girl' |
+ | 'the beautiful Jola girl' |
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| + | In (1) and (2), the adjective is 'be tasting like' |
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Revision as of 17:39, 7 December 2012
Nouns can themselves modify nouns in syntactic patterns similar to those observed by certain adjectives.
oɓii o safu suukar 'sweet fruit (lit. sugar-tasting fruit)'
ndawal safu kaane spicy meat (lit. hot-pepper-tasting meat)'
xa degit xadaq xa ʃokolaat xa degit ʃokolaat xadaq 'two pieces of chocolate / two chocolate pieces'
otew oʄoola omosu oxe 'the beautiful Jola girl'
In (1) and (2), the adjective is 'be tasting like'
