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==Agreement== |
==Agreement== |
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| − | Adjectives and determiners agree in noun class with the noun that they modify. Agreement is indicated on adjectives by initial consonant alternations, as well as prefixes. The following NPs show the adjective ''xoƈu'' and the determiner agreeing with various nouns: |
+ | Adjectives and determiners agree in noun class with the noun that they modify. Agreement is indicated on adjectives by initial consonant alternations, as well as prefixes. The following NPs show the adjective ''xoƈu'' 'thin' and the determiner agreeing with various nouns: |
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| − | ! Sg. Noun !! Adjective !! Det. !! !! Pl. Noun !! Adjective !! Det. !! !! |
+ | ! Sg. Noun !! Adjective !! Det. !! !! Pl. Noun !! Adjective !! Det. !! !! |
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| otew || oqoƈu || oxe || || rew || xoƈu || we || || ‘woman’ |
| otew || oqoƈu || oxe || || rew || xoƈu || we || || ‘woman’ |
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Agreement
Adjectives and determiners agree in noun class with the noun that they modify. Agreement is indicated on adjectives by initial consonant alternations, as well as prefixes. The following NPs show the adjective xoƈu 'thin' and the determiner agreeing with various nouns:
| Sg. Noun | Adjective | Det. | Pl. Noun | Adjective | Det. | |||
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| otew | oqoƈu | oxe | rew | xoƈu | we | ‘woman’ | ||
| ofiɗ | oxoƈu | ole | xapiɗ | xaqoƈu | axe | ‘butterfly’ | ||
| ojaf | oxoƈu | ole | acaf | aqoƈu | ake | ‘leg’ | ||
| xomb | xoƈu | le | aqomb | aqoƈu | ake | ‘turtle’ | ||
| xaarit | fanqoƈu | fe | qaarit | qoƈu | ke | ‘friend’ | ||
| nqoox | nqoƈu | ne | qoox | qoƈu | ke | ‘bull’ | ||
| ambeel | aqoƈu | ale | peel | qoƈu | ke | ‘lake’ | ||
| akoong | aqoƈu | ale | akoong | aqoƈu | ake | ‘gorilla’ | ||
| ondew | onqoƈu | onge | fondew | fonqoƈu | ne | ‘woman (dim.)’ | ||
| (g)andew | anqoƈu | ale | (g)andew | anqoƈu | ake | ‘woman (aug.)’ |
