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kētai
2. Kono + Noun kono kētai this cellphone
3. Adjective + yasui kētai cheap cellphone
Noun
4. Na-noun + kirei na kētai beautiful cellphone
Noun
More than one modifier can modify a noun and the order of the modifiers is
rather free.
kono watashi no atarashi’i kirei na kētai “this beautiful cheap cellphone of
mine”
watashi no kono kirei na atarashi’i kētai “this beautiful cheap cellphone of
mine”
When the main noun is already known, it can be replaced by the pronoun no
“one” in the following structure.
Adjective + Noun: yasui kētai → yasui no “cheap one”
Na-noun + Noun: kirei na kētai → kirei na no “beautiful one”
Note what happens when different modifiers are combined.
kono atarashi’i kētai → kono atarashi’i no
this new cellphone this new one
chi’isai kirei na kēki → kono chi’isai kirei na
no
beautiful small cake this small, beautiful one
Note that it is rude to use the pronoun no to refer to people.
GRAMMAR NOTE “More” Motto vs. Mō
Both mō and motto mean “more” in English, but they combine with different
parts of a sentence. Motto combines with a predicate—verb, adjective,
noun+desu—to indicate a greater degree than what has been mentioned.
Motto benkyō- I’ll study more.
shimasu.
motto yasui no cheaper one

