Can an adjective modify an adjective? (chaining)

Started by Mirri, January 29, 2010, 05:31:47 PM

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Mirri

I was wondering if it's possible to make a chain of adjectives? In English you could say something like "Look at that big strong healthy blue tall accurate honorable hunter" etc. forever and ever.

Na'vi needs the -a- affix to lean against the noun it modifies, but what if there's more than one adjective?
Could you for instance say "ean-a ngim-a apxa-a mawey-a kilvan"? (or the same with Kilvan in front and all the -a-s on the other side?)

This seems to follow the same rules of word order as the genitive chaining does, as suggested here by omängum fra'uti
Ngaya poanìl new mune 'uti: hrrap sì uvan. Talun poanìl new ayfoeti -- ayfo lu lehrrap ayu leuvan.

Hawnuyu atxen

I had seen something like this once...
In one of the interviews with Frommer, about the "big, blue butt", what became: "oeyä ean-a txìm a-tsawl".
Never seen more than 2 adjectives in a na'vi sentence thought.
(sorry for my english)
"Hrrap rä'ä si olo'ur smuktuä." ; "Ke'u ke lu ngay. Frakemit tung." (Assassin's Creed)

Nikre tsa'usìn!

Mirri

Quote from: Hawnuyu atxen on January 29, 2010, 05:37:53 PM
I had seen something like this once...
In one of the interviews with Frommer, about the "big, blue butt", what became: "oeyä ean-a txìm a-tsawl".
Never seen more than 2 adjectives in a na'vi sentence thought.
(sorry for my english)

That's interesting. We know you can at least have two adjectives then :)
Ngaya poanìl new mune 'uti: hrrap sì uvan. Talun poanìl new ayfoeti -- ayfo lu lehrrap ayu leuvan.