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===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
====Copulative phrases==== | |||
Following the example of the oldest attested languages (Egyptian and Semitic), GA accepts the following structures: [NP₁ PRON PRED], [PRED PRON NP₁], [PRON PRED], [PRED.ADJ NP₁] | |||
:''ʔisim šV[+high] ŝar'' | |||
:(name {{sc|3msg}} root) | |||
:‘the name is the root’ | |||
=====Adjectival copulative sentences===== | |||
[PRED.ADJ NP₁] | |||
:''jimaʔijan '''ʔiynaan'''-ki'' | |||
:‘your.{{sc|f}} '''eyes''' are blue’ | |||
====Genitival constructions==== | ====Genitival constructions==== | ||
Possible strategies: | Possible strategies: | ||
*Semitic-style construct with the head initial. Additionally, the possessum receives the ''-a'' marker whilst the possessor ''-u''. Nothing can intervene between them and its treated prosodically as one word. | *Semitic-style construct with the head initial. Additionally, the possessum receives the ''-a'' marker whilst the possessor ''-u''. Nothing can intervene between them and its treated prosodically as one word. | ||