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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
A few topics about sentence construction not properly discussed above. | |||
===Word order=== | |||
*Preposition (agrees with gender) | |||
*Cardinal number (agrees with all) | |||
*'''Head noun''' & declension & definiteness | |||
*Ordinal number (agrees with all) | |||
*Adjectives (all agree with case, and some with gender as well) | |||
*Genitive noun (agrees gender and number) | |||
*Possessive pronoun (agrees all) | |||
*Participle & its objects | |||
Simple sentences have Verb-Subject-Object order. Since the verbs are conjugated, pronoun dropping is common unless required by the verb structure. | |||
*Negative verb comes before the head verb. | |||
*Questions may begin with interrogative words instead of verbs, but in those cases there is still tendency to begin with adjunct ''soni'' (is it?). | |||
*Adverbs come straight after their head verb (even with non-finite form). | |||
*Dependent clauses are usually located at the end of the main clause unless other information (such as time and location) of the main clause requires space. | |||
===Clauses=== | ===Clauses=== | ||
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====Independent==== | ====Independent==== | ||
Independent clauses follow the rules mentioned above and | |||
*Nominative-accusative alignment | *Nominative-accusative alignment: subject in nominative and direct object in accusative | ||
*Indirect object in dative: ''Pekoran waa sish '''shye'''.'' (I'll give it '''to him'''.) | *Indirect object in dative: ''Pekoran waa sish '''shye'''.'' (I'll give it '''to him'''.) | ||
====Conjuntion==== | ====Conjuntion==== | ||