Japanese

MOD_PHRASE - A modifier phrase is a phrase suitable for modifying a noun phrase, as defined below. Examples of modifier phrases follow, each shown modifying a noun.

• (noun phrase) {の,だった} - Any noun phrase plus {の,だった} (no,datta) is a valid modifier phrase:
  私の本 (watasi no hon) (= my book)
  日本語の本 (nihongo no hon) (= japanese language book)
  魚屋だった店 (sakanaya datta mise) (= store that was a fish store)
  静かな人の本 (sizuka na hito no hon) (= quiet person's book)
• (adjective)- Any true adjective (i-adjective) is a valid modifier phrase:
  大きい本 (ookii hon) (= big book)
  高かった本 (takakatta hon) (= book that was expensive)
  買いたい本 (kaitai hon) (= book that I want to buy)
  買わなかった本 (kawanakatta hon) (= book that I didn't buy)
• (adjectival noun) - Any adjectival noun (na-adjective) plus a plain copula is a valid modifier phrase. Note that the plain copula だ (da) must be changed to な (na) whenever it modifies anything.
  静かな子 (sizuka na ko) (= quiet child)
  元気だった子 (genki datta ko) (= child that was healthy)
• (plain predicate) - Any plain (informal) predicate is a valid modifier phrase:
  読む本 (yomu hon) (= the book I read [progressive tense] / the book I will read)
  読んだ本 (yonda hon) (= the book I read [past tense])