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Non-specific nouns are referred to with plural pronouns. | Non-specific nouns are referred to with plural pronouns. | ||
===Modifiers=== | |||
Genitives, adjectives, and relative clauses all come after the head noun, but numerals and most determiners precede it. | |||
When the article of a genitive NP is omitted, speakers may parse it as an attributive noun (serving a similar purpose to English attributive nouns and compound nouns components). | |||
TODO: The canonical order of modifiers | |||
==Faulty accusative== | ==Faulty accusative== | ||