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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 meaning or add other meanings to the main noun. Inside of a noun cluster, the noun can be replaced by a pronoun.

The noun is usually located in the center of the noun cluster, being preceded or followed by every other specifying form.

Non-adjectival elements conveying possession and belonging are always placed after the noun.

řɑmro ðe koβa
the man’s house

Every attributive adjectives, conversely, is always placed before the noun.

ṅoð ðüka
my hand

rönü roβa
the 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.

jṓpā́li wī́roli sṓgoɣɑ ʔimḗɣɑt
the young man is going home

TThe role of the noun cluster in the sentence is marked by prepositions, which are placed before the cluster. Thus, it can be stated that the noun cluster can be introduced by a preposition.

βön řɑmro ṅɑkanɸä 
I am going inside the house