All that whisky PreD-Dem- NP The many

PreD-Dem- NP

The many room of the house

Art- PostD-NP

However, it is not the case in Vietnamese noun phrases. We can only use quantifiers in the left most position as shown below

Tấc cả hoc sinh được lên lớp.

In English grammar, the relative pronoun has to follow the noun that it modifiies. Therefore, the sentences

“The book that you gave me on my birthday is still new”

“The book that you gave me on my birthday is on the shelf” are grammatical but the followings are ungrammatical.

The book is still new that you gave me on my birthday.

The book which is on the shelf that you gave me on my birthday.

However, that is not the case in Vietnamese grammar. We may place a RC after a PP or an AP. Thus, these Vietnamese sentences are grammatical.

Quyển sách trong kệ mà bạn tặng tôi vào dịp sinh nhật còn rất mới.

Quyển sách đắt tiền mà tôi mua còn rất mới.

Best of all, in the Vietnamese noun phrases, there is an optional element that can occur between a numeral (if there is one) and a classifier (other than cái). That is the particle CÁI. Thus, this sentence is grammatical in Vietnamese.

Ba CÁI cây cột này

However, in English we just say “three pillars” not “this three pillars”. That leads to another point that I will discuss in more detail is occurrence restriction aspect.