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Nouns
The noun cluster is formed by a noun, carrying the main meaning, and by other noun-type forms, namely adjectives, which specify this meanings or add other meaning to the main noun. Inside of a noun cluster, the noun can be replaced by a pronoun.
The noun usually introduces the noun cluster, being followed by every other specifying form. Thus, other elements conveying possession and belonging are always placed after the noun, as well as every attributive adjective.
æl‘ sowgul‘ hæk æha vjiruha the man’s house
lě ô ònəre my hand
æl‘ ownal‘ jowɸæl‘ a young woman
The role of the noun cluster in the sentence and its number are marked by case and number endings. These endings mark also other adjectival elements inside the noun cluster, resulting this in the process called nominal agreement.
Both attributive and predicative adjectives agree in case and number with the noun they specify. Other elements, which convey possession or belonging do not agree with the main nominal form.
æl‘ ownal‘ jowɸæl‘ ojh jimjiθu kowf sowguha the young man is going home
æn‘ ownanol‘ jowɸænol‘ the young women
æn‘ ownanol‘ onæh jowɸænol‘ the women are young
In colloquial speech, however, attributive adjectives do agree with the noun only in case, avoiding agreement in number:
æn‘ ownanol‘ jowɸæl‘ the young women
Non-qualifying adjectives display, however, an irregular behavior about their positioning inside the noun clustere and about the usage of the prepositive article.
The indefinite, interrogative, and demonstrative adjectives are, indeed, almost always placed before the noun without any prepositive article. They also display no form of agreement, either in case or in number, with the noun of their cluster.
êsu îrə no man
šaɣə sóɣə? which house?
nìtuɣə soβe this dog
The grammar role of noun clusters can be further specified by prepositions, which are placed before the cluster. Thus, it can be stated that the noun cluster can be introduced by a preposition.
sôwɣò gú sóɣəre I am talking about the house
