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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": | ||
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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. | ||
Numerals | '''Numerals''' | ||
Numerals also belong, just like adjectives, predominantly to the category of nouns but can be used as verbs: | Numerals also belong, just like adjectives, predominantly to the category of nouns but can be used as verbs: | ||
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||žönlig | ||žönlig | ||
||giló | ||giló | ||
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|Löd-á-p-s | |||
||ni-đom | |||
||žön-lig | |||
||gil-ó | |||
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|RESIDE-pres.-m./f.pl. | |RESIDE-pres.-m./f.pl. | ||
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|Telđegänáms. | |Telđegänáms. | ||
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|Telđeg-än-á-m-s. | |||
||TWENTY-pers.-pres.-m.pl. | ||TWENTY-pers.-pres.-m.pl. | ||
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