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Example 75-18
lii fiy anihi kaamayaatishichik
lii
art
.
pl
fiy
girl
anihi
dem
.
pl
kaa-mayaatishi-chik
rel
-be.ugly-
3pl
those girls who were ugly OR: those ugly girls
Comment:
The equivalent of adjectives are verbs in Cree, or relative clauses, as in this example. These usually have the form:
kaa
-VERB-agreement and they almost always follow the noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective follows noun
Subject relative clauses: Verbal affix
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