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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
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