4. SYNTAX
Demonstrative - possessive - quantifier - adjective - head noun
- yao maoro saaro AcCo ima~
ye mere sa:re acche mitr
these my all good friends
all these good friends of mine
Possessive - demonstrative - quantifier - adverbial - adjective - noun
30a. maoro yao saaro bahut AcCo ima~
mere ye sa:re bahut acche mitr
my these all very good friends
all these very good friends of mine
Demonstrative - quantifier - possessive - adverbial -adjective - noun
30b. yao saaro maoro bahut AcCo ima~
ye sa:re mere bahut acche mitr
these all my very good friends
Possessive - quantifier - demonstrative - adverbial -adjective - noun
30c. maoro saaro yao bahut AcCo ima~
mere sa:re ye bahut acche mitr
my all these very good friends
Quantifier - demonstrative - possessive - adverbial -adjective - noun
30d. saaro yao maoro bahut AcCo ima~
sa:re ye mere bahut acche mitr
The word order constraint for adverbs and adjective is quite strict.
The word order of the constituents of demonstrative, possessive and
quantifier appear quite flexible.
4.1.2. Postpositional Phrases
A postpositional phrase is defined as a noun phrase followed by an
oblique case marker and a postposition. Time adverbials take case
markers as well as postpositions.