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Kandi is a strongly SOV/OSV-language, which means that the verb-like content word is final. Then, Kandi doesn't really distinguish nouns or verbs.
Kandi is a strongly SOV/OSV-language, which means that the verb-like content word is final. Then, Kandi doesn't really distinguish nouns or verbs.


More to come here, but do take a look at [[Kandi/Sandbox|this]] and in particular the chapter on the specifier {{sc|spec}}.
Do take a look at '''[[Kandi/Sandbox|this]]''' and in particular the chapter on the specifier {{sc|spec}}.


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==English translation==
The web of life is quickly torn into pieces,<br>
When you the magnificent king<br>
Come from the far-away sea.<br>
You  will make the skies' bidding,<br>
You will make laws for us,<br>
You are the saviour who will bring prosperity to the poor.<br>