2.6 Noun phrases
Examples of noun phrases are:
 | big cats; several round rings; the girl in the corner; those trees over there; the woman chosen to represent us; the children standing by the door. |
In noun phrases, adjectives generally go before the noun, e.g.:
| some dirty cups
(algunes tasses brutes) |
| three large red balloons
(tres grans globus de color vermell) |
Prepositional phrases go after the noun, e.g.:
| people with lots of money
(gent amb molts diners) |
| the girl in the pink dress
(una noia amb un vestit de color rosa) |
| a house by the river
(una casa al costat del riu) |
Present and past participles also go after the noun, e.g.:
| the man sitting next to your mother.
(L'home assegut al costat de la teva mare.) |
(This is an abbreviation of the active expression: The man who is/was sitting next to your mother.)
| The letters delivered this morning.
(Les cartes lliurades aquest matí.) |
(This is an abbreviation of the passive expression: The letters that were delivered this morning.)
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