| duja
|
gera
|
‘the
|
second
|
boys’
|
| 1 |
2 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
tiji
|
  bri
|
‘third
|
wife’
|
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
| |
|
|
|
7.
|
Genitive form /-r~- ~-g-/
occurring as the modifier inflects as to agree to the following noun head.
|
|
mero
|
pài
|
‘my
|
brother’
|
|
1
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
| |
|
|
|
ap a
|
buţa
|
‘(our)
|
trees’
|
|
2
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unnã
|
go
|
put
|
‘their
|
son’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
1-2 |
3 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Unnã
|
ga
|
put
|
‘their
|
sons’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
1-2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
buţã
|
ga
|
pttr
|
‘the
|
leaves
|
of
|
the
|
tree’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
|
3 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
fEz
|
gĩ
|
gerĩ
|
‘Faiz’s
|
daughters/girls’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
1-2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.
|
Demonstratives occurs as modifiers of the head nouns and those showing the
gender-number distinctions also agree with head noun in gender-number.
|
|
wo
|
gero
|
‘that
|
boy’
|
|
1
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
wa
|
kU  i
|
‘that
|
woman’
|
|
1
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
y
|
k r
|
‘this
|
‘this house’
|
|
1
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
ya
|
hi
|
‘this
|
shop’
|
|
1
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
we
|
dand
|
‘those
|
bullocks’
|
|
1
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
ye
|
gera |
‘these |
boys’ |
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
ye
|
gerĩ
|
‘these
|
girls’
|
|
1
|
2
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
jéo
|
gero
|
‘which
|
boy’
|
|
1
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
9.
|
Order of modifiers in a Noun phrase
|
|
A noun head can have move than one modifiers and these always occur in
a specific order. (See 3.2.2. also)
|
|
(i)
|
In a phrase in which there are two adjectives qualitative and quantitative
then the quantitative will always precede the qualitative adjective.
Examples are :
|
|
kItno
|
cngo
|
gero
|
‘how
|
much
|
good
|
boy’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
bi
|
cngi
|
geri
|
‘very
|
good
|
girl’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
When two qualitative adjectives occur together then there is no
restriction on the order as either can precede. Examples are :
|
|
cngo
|
ka o
|
gero
|
‘the
|
good
|
black
|
boy’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
