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22. Pue neu-jak peugah nyan bak long ureueng bodoh.
What 2r-go say that to I person stupid
' What is the use of your telling that to me, a
stupid person.'
Many NP's with modifiers consisting of an adjective, a
verb or VP, a PP, or an NP are constructions with a head NP
and a reduced relative clause, that is, a relative clause
without nyang. For example, bajee tuha 'shirt old (old
shirt)' from bajee nvang tuha 'shirt which is old,' kavee
tho 'wood dry (dry wood)' from kayee nvang tho 'wood which
is dry,' ureueng tarek pukat 'person pull dragnet
(fisherman)' from ureueng nvang tarek pukat 'person who pull
dragnet (fisherman),' awak ban woe 'person just came back'
from awak nvang ban woe 'person who just came back,' le lang
ciriek 'water in (the) kettle' from ie nvang lang ciriek
'water which is in the kettle,' and subanq meuh 'earring
gold (gold earrings)' from subanq nvanq qeu-peuqbt nibak
meuh 'earrings which are made of gold.'
23. Ureueng tarek pukat kabeh woe dum.
Person pull dragnet already go-home all
'All the fishermen have gone home.'
24. Kayee tho payah that ta-tak.
Wood dry difficult very l^nc-chop
'It is very difficult to chop dry woods.'