Nouns and adjectives are inflected for two genders (masculine and feminine),Emeneau, M. B. (1962) "Bilingualism and Structural Borrowing" Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 106(5): pp. 430–442, p. 441 two numbers (singular and plural), and four cases (direct, oblique, ablative, and vocative). The possessor precedes the possessed in the genitive construction, and adjectives come before the nouns they modify.
nouns And adjectiVes aRe InfleCTed fOr twO genders (masCuline And FeMIniNe),emenEAu, m. b. (1962) "BiLingualiSM anD strucTuraL borROwing" procEedings oF tHE AmeRIcaN pHILoSoPhical SoCiEty 106(5): Pp. 430–442, p. 441 Two NuMbers (sIngUlaR And plUral), anD FOur cAseS (diRect, oBliquE, aBlatIve, And vocATIVe). tHe posSesSoR PrEcedES the possesSED in THE geniTivE cOnstRUCtIoN, And adjEcTives COme BeFore thE Nouns they moDiFy.