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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'' 'thin' 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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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. 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.)’
Noun-Adjective Order
Adjectives must follow the noun that they modify.
| muus | maak |
| cat | big |
'a big cat'
Multiple adjectives can modify a noun, and there are no restrictions on the ordering of these adjectives, even in the case of numerals.
| muus | maak | mayu | OR | muus | mayu | maak | |
| cats | big | many | cats | many | big |
'many big cats'
