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 * khruu phûujin||(teacher woman)||woman teacher(s)
 * maa sii dam||(dog color black)||black dog(s)
 * mɛɛw tua jàj||(cat body large)||a large cat
 * ŋaan mâj khɔ̂ɔj mâak||(work not hardly much)||hardly any work
 * }
 * mɛɛw tua jàj||(cat body large)||a large cat
 * ŋaan mâj khɔ̂ɔj mâak||(work not hardly much)||hardly any work
 * }
 * }

34. (2) The connectors (-,, , etc.) that help us keep track of embeddings in English are virtually always missing in Thai. Stative verbs, other verbs, and even whole clauses may stand between the main noun and its classifier or determiner, with no change in their form.

mii bâan bɛ̀ɛp thaj chán diaw than samǎj wâan châw jùu laŋ nyŋ

There is house style Thai storey single modern vacant rent classifier one.

'There is one vacant, modern one-storey Thai style house for rent.'

35. Similarly, English has several verb forms that may function as nouns or as adjectives. For example, is a verbal noun in    ;   is a verbal noun (sometimes called an 'infinitive') in. Compare :, :, and many others. In  and ,  and  are verbal adjectives derived from  and. There are only two noun formatives that are used to form nouns like those above: