Words: ha-l-xams wleed Gloss: this/that-the-five children Comment: ha, is a reduced demonstrative (all exs to be transferred to Lina Choueiri) Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: haydole l-xams wleed Gloss: this.pl the-five children Comment: (to be transferred to LC) Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: *ha-l-wleed xamse Translation: *these/those five children. OK: these children are five Comment: (all exs to be transferred to Lina Choueiri) Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: ha-l-wleed l-xamse Gloss: this/that chidren the-five Comment: This is OK as a DP, but l-xamse (exs to be tranferred to Lina Choueiri) Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: *haydole l-wleed xamse Translation: *these five children. OK: these children are five Comment: (exs to be transferred to Lina Choueiri) Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: *haydole l-wleed l-xamse Gloss: this.pl/that.pl the-children the-five Comment: l-xamse cannot be interpreted as an appositive here (ex. to be transferred to LC) Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: *l-wleed haydole xamse Gloss: The-children this.pl five Translation: *these five children. OK.the children are five Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: l-wleed haydole l-xamse Gloss: the-children this.pl/that.pl the.five Translation: the-children this.pl the-five Comment: (this is ok as a DP, where l-xamse is interpreted as an appositive) (ex to be tranferred to LC) Contributor:Hilda Koopman
Words: *xamse haydole l-wleed/ *xamse ha-l-wleed/ *l-xamse haydole l-wleed/*l-xamse ha-l-wleed Gloss: five this.pl the-children Translation: five this.pl the-children Comment: impossible regardless of whether we add the definite article to the numeral or not, or whether the dem is short or long. (ex to be transferred to LC) Contributor:Hilda Koopman