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210. Meunyo ka neu-bbh, ka-keuh.
If PERF 2r-throw away PERF-ASS
'If you have thrown it away, there is nothing we
can do about it now.'
3.3.4 Noun Phrase Structure
This section contains discussions on the order of
constituents within a noun phrase and the question of
plurality.
A noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun as its
nucleus and some other optional elements, such as
determiners, titles, measure phrases, quantifiers, and S's.
Determiners consist of demonstratives, attributive NP's,
possessive NP's, adjectives, which are the reduced forms of
relative clauses, and other reduced relative clauses in the
forms of VP's and PP's. Some attributive NP's can also be
traced back to relative clauses, for example, subanq meuh
'golden earrings' is from subanq nvanq qeu-peuq'ot nibak meuh
'the earrings which are made of gold,' kavee qle 'nountain
wood' from kavee nyang geu-cok di qle 'woods which were
taken from the mountain,' etc. These elements are ordered in
the following structure. A possessive phrase can be in the
form of an NP, a noun or pronoun, or a pronominal suffix.
aMeasu. Phr.l \ ft Adjective
Quantifier { I Noun I \
Title J I \ lAttrib. Phr J)„ oss)(S)(Dem.)