3.1.1.2.2. Two attribute phrases
1. (a) dem-ord.
Num-N:
hàtƏw-ñísepu-nòk ‘this second house’
1 2 3
1
2 3
tƏw-lɨmsepu-ka?ta ‘that
third man’
1 2 3 1
2 3
(b) dem-poss-N : hàtƏw – nòklan ‘these my houses’
(c) dem-N-adj1: hàtƏw ák-Əheŋ hàtƏwák/Əheŋ
this pig
white ‘this white pig’
tƏw – naha – Əcuy – tƏwnaha Əcuy
that child small ‘that small child’
(d) dem-N-adj2 : hàtƏw – naha-ƏtƏm hàtƏwnaha ƏtƏm
this child some ‘these some children’
tƏw – ka?ta –
Əmay tƏwka?ta Əmay
that people many ‘those many people’
(e)
dem-N-card. Num :
hàtƏw – ka?ta-lɨm hàtƏw ka?talɨm
this people three ‘these three people’
tƏe-
Əw (lan) - pɨlí tƏw Əw(lan) pɨlí1
that fowl pl. mar (four) ‘those four fowls’…..
Here an alternative order is possible:
Dem-car num-N2 : tƏw-ñí-cƏynaw tƏñí cƏynaw
‘those
two brother and sister’
tƏw-ñí-puŋaw tƏwñí puŋaw
that two story ‘story of those two’
2. (a)
ord. Num-poss-N:
ñísepu-Ə-nòk ñísepu Ənók
second my house ‘second my house’
Alternative order :
Poss-N-ord. Num. Ə-lay-ñísepu Əlay ñísepu
My second book ‘second my book’
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* IC cut falls: dem/N car,
num.
1. When a pl. marker occurs with a noun; the IC
cut will be after the Noun; and not before it as above.
2. This order is sometimes in narrations.
(b)
ord. num-N-(quail) adj1:
lɨmsepu-lay-mƏy lɨmsepu laymƏy
‘third good bood’ ‘third
good book’
pƏnsepu-ka?ta-Əheŋ
Ənsepu ka?ta Əheŋ
tenth-man-white ‘tenth white man’/ ‘tenth man who
is white’
ŋasepu-kúy-Əmay ŋasepu kúy Əmay
fifth
dog good ‘fifth dog which is good’
3. poss-N-adj1 : té-nòk-Əñak ténòk
Əñàk
my-house-black ‘my black house’/’my house which is
black’
Alternative order : e-lay-ƏmƏylan elay ƏmƏylan
His book good-pl. ‘his good books’ / ‘his books
Which are good’
poss-adj-N : ka?ta-sɨyóŋpu-cɨŋ ka?ta sɨyóŋpu cɨŋ
1 2 3
1
2 3
‘most of
the village people’
2 3 1
poss-N-(quant)adj2 :
nàŋ-pe-ƏtƏm nàŋpe Ətem
your tree some ‘your some trees’
tom-nòk-wók tomnòk wók
my house six ‘my
six houses’
refl./distri.*-poss-N:
yoyoy-cɨŋcɨŋ-hem yoyoy cɨŋcɨŋ
respective village song ‘respective village song’
4. N-(quail). Adj1 + (quanti) – adj2
:
nók-ƏmeƏŋ-etƏm nòkƏmeƏŋ ƏtƏm
house bad some ‘some bad houses’
ka?ta-héŋ-ƏmƏy ka?taheŋ ƏmƏy
man-white-good ‘good white man’ / ‘white man who
is good’
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*An NP can also contain
distributive form yoyoy; or emphatic marker o.
N-(quail) adj1-car. Num:
nòk-ƏmeƏŋ-pɨlí nók ƏmeƏŋ pɨlí
house bad- four ‘four bad houses’ / ‘four houses
which are bad’
nawya-yƏwmƏy-cà nawya yewmƏycà
girl-good/one-beautiful ‘one beautiful girl’ / ‘one girl who
is beautiful’