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Order of adjective and noun
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Modifying adjective precedes noun
Example 65-9:
За ево маленьки курема поде большина курема поноси еса.
Za iwo malen'ki kurema pode bol'ʃina kurema ponosi esa.
Za
foc
iwo
3sg
malen'ki
small
kurema
jacket
pode
under
bol'ʃina
big
kurema
jacket
ponosi
wear
esa.
hab
He wears a small jacket under a big jacket. OR: He wears a shirt under the jacket.
Source:
Neumann 1966
: 248
Example 65-10:
его говори, русский люди плохо земля работай.
Iwo gavari ruski liudi pəloxa ziml'a rabotaj.
Iwo
3sg
gavari
speak
ruski
Russian
liudi
person
pəloxa
bad
ziml'a
land
rabotaj.
work
He says that Russians cultivate land badly. OR: He says that Russian people can not cultivate land properly.
Source:
Fadeev [1956] 1982
: 267
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Feature:
Order of adjective and noun
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2008
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