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kao	cngo	gero	‘the	black	good	boy’
1	2	3		1	2	3

pn-ai	kai	geri	‘the	black	studying	girl’
1	2	3		2	1	3

kai	pn-ai	geri	‘the	black	studing	girl’
1	2	3		1	2	3

(iii)

In a phrase in which more than two other modifiers such as demonstrative, genitival, cardinal and ordinal numerals occur together then genitival always precedes the cardinal and ordinal. Cardinal usually precedes the ordinal and the demonstrative precedes all the modifiers. Examples are :

mero	ek	pài	‘my	one	brother’
1	2	3	1	2	3

mera	tr€	jatk	‘my	three	children’
1	2	3	1	2	3

fEz	ga	do	put	‘Faiz’s	two	sons’
1	2	3	4	1 2	3	4

mero	dujo	pài	‘my	second	brother’
1	2	3	1	2	3

do	pla	kr	‘two	first	houses’
1	2	3	1	2	3

mera	do	pla	kr	‘my	two	first	houses’
1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

wo	mero	ek	pài	‘that	my	one	brother’
1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

we	mera	do	put	‘those	my	two	sons’
1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

ya	meri	ek	duji	b	‘this	my	one	second	sister’
1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5

(iv)

More than one genitival modifiers can precede the noun head or occur in the noun phrase, in that case each preceding genitival form will agree with the following head noun in gender-number and case forms. Examples are:

apa	gera	gi	jgã	‘in	place	of	my	son’
1	2	3	4		4	3	1	2

mera	pài	ga	sra	gi	b	‘my	brother’s	father-	in-	law’s	sister’
1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2 3	4		5	6

(v)

The numeral as modifier usually precede the quantities or degree adjective in the noun phrase.

do	bi	larĩ	‘two	big	buses’
1	2	3	1	2	3

ek	bi	balţi	‘one	big	bucket’
1	2	3	1	2	3

All types of modifiers can occur in a single phrase singly and in combination and the structure of an attributive noun phrase can be shown by the following notation:

NP®(Dem) (Gen.) (Card.)(Ord.)(Quant.)

	Qual.
		+N
	Partici

A₁ A₂ A₃ A₄ A₅

ye	mera	do	jor	cnga	kr	‘these	my	two	very	good	houses’
1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	6

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