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::''ghaali mitta'' "an expensive one" (more literally, "one that is an expensive (thing)") | ::''ghaali mitta'' "an expensive one" (more literally, "one that is an expensive (thing)") | ||
::''ghaaliishe mitta'' "one that was expensive" | ::''ghaaliishe mitta'' "one that was expensive" | ||
====Measure words==== | |||
Measure words are nouns that precede and quantify other nominals. Unlike attributive nominals, they act as the head of the nominal phrase and take articles and primary case endings. Secondary case endings follow the nominal being quantified. | |||
:e.g. ''kubbaaya bunna'' "a cup of coffee" | |||
::''Ku kubbaayú bunna dhamxalé.'' "The cup of coffee is cold." | |||
::''ka kubbaaya bunnak'' "from the cup of coffee" | |||
====General attributives==== | ====General attributives==== | ||