8.6.5. The relative order of qualitative modifiers wrt. other types of modifiers
Qualitative modfiers follow all types of demonstratives and quantifiers.
| ez | a | három | régi | ötlet |
| this | the | three | old | idea |
’these three old ideas’
Source: Example provided by database editor (native speaker).
Unlike other qualitative modifiers, participial relatives can precede non-inflecting demonstratives. However, they always follow unmarked possessors.
| a | te | tegnap | befejez-ett | eme | cikk-ed |
| the | you | yesterday | finish-PTCP | this | article-2SG |
’this article of yours that was finished yesterday’
Source: Dékány 2021: 120.
Unlike other qualitative modifiers, participial relatives can precede numerals However, they always follow unmarked possessors.
| a | te | tegnap | befejez-ett | három | cikk-ed |
| the | you | yesterday | finish-PTCP | three | article-2SG |
’your three articles that was finished yesterday’
Source: Dékány 2021: 120. (examples slightly modified)
Participial relatives usually precede other qualitative modifiers, at least with a neutral intonation.
| öt | kézzel | készít-ett | hosszú | gyertya |
| five | hand.INS | make-PTCP | long | candle |
’five long hand-made candles’
Source: Dékány 2021: 121.
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