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Adjectives are predominantly nouns - they have a fixed position within the noun phrase and may function as nouns on their own. However, they may also function as a verb including the copula verb "binön": | Adjectives are predominantly nouns - they have a fixed position within the noun phrase and may function as nouns on their own. However, they may also function as a verb including the copula verb "binön": | ||
Binán | {| | ||
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|Binán | |||
||klotéedat | |||
||šerlíik. | |||
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|BE-pres.-3.sg.obj. | |||
||LADYDRESS-demons.near | |||
||expensive. | |||
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{| | |||
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Šerlikán klotéedat. | |Šerlikán | ||
||klotéedat. | |||
[EXPENSIVE-adj.]verb-pres.-3.sg.obj. LADYDRESS-demons.near | |- | ||
|[EXPENSIVE-adj.]verb-pres.-3.sg.obj. | |||
||LADYDRESS-demons.near | |||
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The first version is more common among speakers of a lower social status, whereas the second has a more official and literal style. The first version, however, may also be used by people of upper status, especially in situations in which a person wants to emphasise that the dress IS expensive. This is in contrast to languages like German or English not expressed on the intonational level but on the morphological. | The first version is more common among speakers of a lower social status, whereas the second has a more official and literal style. The first version, however, may also be used by people of upper status, especially in situations in which a person wants to emphasise that the dress IS expensive. This is in contrast to languages like German or English not expressed on the intonational level but on the morphological. | ||