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Example 48-5
muhé guapo
muhé
woman
guapo
pretty
pretty woman
Spanish:
mujer guapa
Comment:
Adjective placement is virtually identicial to that of Spanish, where a few items can precede the noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
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Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives: Only few adjectives agree with the noun
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