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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
In order to express a phrase that in the Western languages would be with the phrase "big dog", in Qasunattuuji can be expressed in two ways: with a noun with the augmentative suffix or with a verbal phrase with the verb "to be big". If there are verbs with incorporated nouns, the quantifiers come before the verb. | In order to express a phrase that in the Western languages would be with the phrase "big dog", in Qasunattuuji can be expressed in two ways: with a noun with the augmentative suffix or with a verbal phrase with the verb "to be big". If there are verbs with incorporated nouns, the quantifiers come before the verb. | ||
Indirect objects, oblique objects and comparatives' objects cannot be relativized. <br> | |||
An ergative can be promoted (passivized) to an absolutive through an antipassive (suffix -(i)si) before the person-number-mood suffix. | |||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
The basic word order is relatively free due to grammatical cases, but it's generally VSO. | The basic word order is relatively free due to grammatical cases, but it's generally VSO. | ||