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Modifiers immediately follow their head. Morphologically, there is no difference between an adjective and an adverb, since they rely on word order. Modifier phrases can be expressed either at the beginning or end of a sentence or after the verb, if it modifies it. Temporal phrases prefer the beginning of the sentence. | Modifiers immediately follow their head. Morphologically, there is no difference between an adjective and an adverb, since they rely on word order. Modifier phrases can be expressed either at the beginning or end of a sentence or after the verb, if it modifies it. Temporal phrases prefer the beginning of the sentence. | ||
====Modifier Position==== | |||
Modifiers are always positioned immediately after the word that it modifies, whether a noun or a verb. | |||
'''yigai dari urabaa.''' | |||
yiga -i dari '''urabaa'''. | |||
speak-PFV boy '''loud'''. | |||
"The loud boy spoke." | |||
'''yigai urabaa dari.''' | |||
yiga -i '''urabaa''' dari. | |||
speak-PFV '''loud''' boy. | |||
"The boy spoke loudly." | |||
Modifier phrases, such as those that begin with the particles '''va''', '''na''', '''ddal''', and '''gaun''', are also featured immediately after its head - specifically nouns. | |||
'''yigai dari na urabaa.''' | |||
yiga -i dari '''na urabaa'''. | |||
speak-PFV boy '''POSS loud.'''. | |||
"The boy, who is loud, spoke." | |||
====Negation==== | ====Negation==== | ||