Question on adjective-noun order
I was going to ask this on the "questions" tab, but it didn't allow me enough characters. I know that the adjective-noun order is reversed in Hebrew from what it is in English but some of the phrases I hear, particularly in regards to מאוד. One example is the greeting נעים מאוד which is in the correct order. But if you take the literal meaning and say "It is very pleasant" מאוד נעים it seems to be backwards. I have a vocabulary CD that has both of these conflicting orders on it. What is the rule for this ordering? Thanks
תודה, טוני
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I think it depends on the emphasis and the context. If you say מאוד נעים when you meet some one for he first time instead of נעים מאוד the meaning would be the same, its just the norm which requires you to say the latter and not the first. Otherwise when saying these words in a sentence to describe something most people choose to say it in the same order as in English. I hope this helps!
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