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| ==Syntax== | | ==Syntax== |
| ===Constituent order=== | | ===Constituent order=== |
| *Sentences with a stative verbs have a different constituent order depending on whether the attribute is an adjective or a noun phrase ; in the first case, it is akin to a SVO order, in the second, to an OSV order : | | *The basic constituent order of a declarative sentence is SVO (Subject - Verb - Object). |
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| "I am Tolsian" (the speaker is a woman) : êü kalûaqni tke? ctolqjimke.
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| Subject + "to be" + subject particle + "Tolsian" (f.sg.) | |
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| "I am a (Tolsian) woman" : Ad tke? mqarea (ctolqjimke) êü kalûaqni.
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| Article + subject particle + "woman" (+ "Tolsian") + subject + "to be".
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| *The basic constituent order of a declarative sentence is SVO.
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| Example : "I am wasting my time" : Êü kavaqni çcteëm nda tÿmg kabbhe.
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| Subject pronoun + "to have" + substantival present participle of the verb "to lose" + particle "in, from, of" + "time" + possessive pronoun "mine".
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| ===Noun phrase=== | | ===Noun phrase=== |