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--- en:grammar:noun_phrases [2022-09-16 22:13] – [Determiners] Place determiners before verb markers christian
+++ en:grammar:noun_phrases [2022-11-14 19:59] (current) – awan -> avan christian
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 XXX Translate samples:
-  * **awan ta** – that cloud
+  * **avan ta** – that cloud
   * **si do ruma** – these two houses
   * for **ke**: ?
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 XXX Order – usually at most one element of each group is present:
-  * specific/short quantifiers: no, ol, yo
+  * specific/short quantifiers: no, ol, xi, yo
   * general selectors: si, ta, ke, eni, aru, kada
   * broad/long quantifiers (malo, xye, ingi) + numbers
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 Several adjectives can follow the same noun. The most specific adjective is usually placed first.
-**wanita inglis daki** – an intelligent English woman
+**ona inglis daki** – an intelligent English woman
 In this case, 'English' is considered more specific than 'intelligent', since there are many different nationalities, while intelligence is a general property that's more or less strongly present in every person.
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 **Ya xi [doctor] hau sola ni [town].** – She's the only good doctor in town.
-When two adjectives are considered similarly specific, a comma or a conjunction such as **wa** 'and' is placed between them.
+When two adjectives are considered similarly specific, a comma or a conjunction such as **va** 'and' is placed between them.
-**wanita inda wa daki** – a beautiful and intelligent woman
+**ona inda va daki** – a beautiful and intelligent woman
-If there are three or more such adjectives in a row, **wa** is usually only used between the last two of them, while a comma is used otherwise.
+If there are three or more such adjectives in a row, **va** is usually only used between the last two of them, while a comma is used otherwise.
-**wanita inda, daki wa tari** – a beautiful, intelligent, and rich woman
+**ona inda, daki va tari** – a beautiful, intelligent, and rich woman
 Note that each adjective refers to the nearest noun to the left of it. This is still the case if a noun phrase is attached to another noun phrase using a preposition such as **de** 'of'.
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 relationship of belonging.
-**mama de wanita** – the woman's mother
+**mama de ona** – the woman's mother