ບົດຮຽນ ໘ · MODULE C
ລຳດັບຄຳຂະຫຍາຍ
Modifier order — noun before adjective
ເນື້ອໃນທີ່ຂຽນຂຶ້ນ · Authored content
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In English you say "cold water" and "red flower". In Lao, the head noun always leads: ນ້ຳເຢັນ (water cold) and ດອກໄມ້ສີແດງ (flower red).
If you have multiple modifiers (color, size, demonstrative), they stack after the noun: [Noun] + [Adjective] + [Demonstrative].
ໂຄງສ້າງ · The three slots
ດອກໄມ້
dok mai
flower
ນາມ
subject
ສີແດງ
si daeng
red
ຄຸນນາມ
verb
ນີ້
ni
this
ຊີ້ບອກ
object
Head noun comes first, modifiers trail.POS reference →
ການປ່ຽນຮູບ · One sentence, four jobs
Only the highlighted token moves or appears. The three original words never change — no conjugation, no agreement, no tense on the verb.
ຄຸນນາມດຽວ
noun + adjective
ນ້ຳ ເຢັນ
nam yen — Cold water
ຄຳເນັ້ນ
intensifier (very)
ອາຫານ ແຊບ ຫຼາຍ
ahan saep lai — Very delicious food
ຊີ້ສະເພາະ
demonstrative (this/that)
ເຮືອນ ຫຼັງ ນີ້
heuan lang ni — This house
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