Dilba: Difference between revisions

A Dilba noun phrase consists of one head noun at the end and an arbitrary number of nouns in the status constructus before. To sort constituents of a noun phrase, two particles are helpful: ''sa'' and ''ru''. Dilba particles have the ability to change the order of its phonemes in order to prevent that at the boundary to the following word either two consonants or two vowels converge. Both ''sa'' and ''ru'' can be translated by 'and' but have the important difference that ''sa'' connects to individual entities whilst ''ru'' connects to elements describing the same entity. Thereby, it is possible to differentiate between the following three phrases: