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=== Modifying Nouns === | === Modifying Nouns === | ||
Modifying nouns is done in a number of different ways. Almost all of the modifiers for a noun come directly after the nouns they modify. | Modifying nouns is done in a number of different ways. Almost all of the modifiers for a noun come directly after the nouns they modify. | ||
==== Word Order ==== | ==== Word Order ==== | ||
The order of modifiers for a noun are as follows:<br /> | The order of modifiers for a noun are as follows:<br /> | ||
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Note that only the noun itself is required. Any of the other elements in the noun phrase can be left out or included as needed. The relative order between them is invariant, however. | Note that only the noun itself is required. Any of the other elements in the noun phrase can be left out or included as needed. The relative order between them is invariant, however. | ||
==== Adjectives ==== | |||
Adjectives follow the nouns they modify. For more details on adjectives, see the Adjectives section. | |||
==== Possessives ==== | |||
Sometimes you want to say something belongs to something else. You turn a noun into a possessive noun to do so. If we have someone named ''Klaid'' (Clyde in English), we make it a possessive by inserting an ''l'' after the last vowel. ''klaid'' becomes ''klaild''. So 'Cylde's tree' is translated as ''geeth klaild''. | |||
=== Denominalization === | === Denominalization === | ||