| such phrases,
the word order within such adverb phrases is fixed, as in : |
|
ayi
|
pu u
|
kihelono
|
i
|
thu
|
wà
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`I |
woke |
up
|
at
|
5
|
o’
clock’ |
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1 |
2 |
3 4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
(lit. |
metal |
five |
beating |
from
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I |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
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wake
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past) |
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6 |
7 |
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hiye
|
cala
|
t xa |
kmla |
lakhì |
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`it
|
is
|
only
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half-a |
day’s |
work’ |
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1 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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(lit. |
it
|
focus
|
marker |
day
|
half
work |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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one) |
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6 |
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In
construction having the whole numbers, fractions and parts of a day, the
whole number is pre-posed to the fraction which in its turn is preposed
to the part of the day. |
| 3.5.3.
Noun Phrases |
A
noun phrase is that element in a sentence which typically functions as
the subject, object and complements of the verbs as in : |
hatoli úwe
|
`Hatoli went’ |
niye hatoli ithulu
|
`I
saw Hatoli’ |
niye hatoli sas
úwà
|
`I
went with Hatoli’ |
|
|
|
akì |
kikhi |
isi
|
ileqiwe
|
kew
|
tiye
|
tile |
`the
|
house
|
which
|
fell
|
today |
is |
there’
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| |
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(lit.
|
house
|
which
|
today |
fell
|
participial
|
that
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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anì
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there |
is) |
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8 |
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7 |
8 |
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If
a noun phrase has atleast a noun, the noun concerned is the nucleus of
the head of the NP. It was seen earlier that in equation type of sentences,
a single adjective could occur in the place of a verb in the predicate,
as in : |
| aliye
akipici |
`the
girl (is) lazy’ |
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|
The
constituents of a NP usually post-modify the noun head, as in : |
|
akì
|
kiwi
|
`good |
house’ |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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| The constituents
of a NP could also pre-modify the noun head, as in : |
| akhu
kì |
`red
house’ |
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