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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Basics=== | ===Basics=== | ||
====Number==== | ====Number==== | ||
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====Person==== | ====Person==== | ||
There are the standard three persons in all [[#Number|numbers]], as well as an inclusive 1st person dual and plural. For more see [[#Pronouns|pronouns]]. | There are the standard three persons in all [[#Number|numbers]], as well as an inclusive 1st person dual and plural. For more see [[#Pronouns|pronouns]]. | ||
===Alignment=== | ===Alignment=== | ||
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===Constituent phrases=== | ===Constituent phrases=== | ||
Word order in Rówok tends in normal circumstances toward SOV, but it's really whatevs. | |||
====Copula==== | ====Copula==== | ||
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====Noun phrase==== | ====Noun phrase==== | ||
====Postpositions==== | |||
Nouns can be followed and case can be governed by any number of '''postpositions''', which act as unstressed clitics in normal discourse, but the ultimate syllable in disyllabic and the penult in tri- and more-syllabic postpositons can be stressed for emphasis. | |||
Examples: | |||
:1) kanarínpra tošu | |||
:tree.ben.pl near | |||
:near the forest | |||
:2) kanarínpra tošú | |||
:tree.ben.pl right near | |||
:right by the (edge of the) forest | |||
:3) kanarínraz pašu | |||
:tree.gen.pl far | |||
:far from the woods | |||
:4) kanarínraz pašú | |||
:tree.gen.pl far | |||
:nowhere remotely near the woods | |||
====Verb phrase==== | ====Verb phrase==== | ||
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====Dependent clauses==== | ====Dependent clauses==== | ||
==Colloquial Rówok== | ==Colloquial Rówok== | ||