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

pn-a

ka geri  ‘the  black  studying  girl’
2  3  3
 

ka

pn-a geri  ‘the  black  studing  girl’

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 

‘my 

one 

brother’

 2  3
 

mera 

tr  

jat

‘my 

three 

children’

 2  3
 

fE

ga 

do 

put 

‘Faiz’s 

two 

sons’

1 2  4
 

mero 

dujo 

pà

‘my 

second 

brother’

1

 2  3
 

do 

pla 

k

‘two 

first 

houses’

 2  2  3
 

mera 

do 

pla 

k

‘my 

two 

first 

houses’

4
 

wo 

mero 

ek 

pà

‘that 

my 

one 

brother’

3  4  4
 

we 

mera 

do 

put 

‘those 

my 

two 

sons’

1

 2  4
 

ya 

meri 

ek 

duji 

b  

‘this 

my 

one 

second 

sister’
1  2  3   2  3  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:
 

ap

gera 

gi 

jgã  

‘in 

place 

of 

 my 

son’

2  3  2
 

mera 

ga 

sra 

gi 

b 

‘my 

brother’s 

father-

in-

law’s 

sister’

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 

b

larĩ

‘two 

big 

buses’

3
 

ek 

b

balţ

‘one 

big 

bucket’

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 

k

‘these 

my 

two 

very 

good  houses’
1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

 

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