Chlouvānem: Difference between revisions
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The ''topic-comment'' structure of Chlouvānem sentences is an analysis that derives from the fact that, in normal speech, the subject always comes first in the sentence except for unmarked topics, or temporal complements topicalized through word order, as in: | The ''topic-comment'' structure of Chlouvānem sentences is an analysis that derives from the fact that, in normal speech, the subject always comes first in the sentence except for unmarked topics, or temporal complements topicalized through word order, as in: | ||
: ''flære prājamne lili lārvājuṣom | : ''flære prājamne lili lārvājuṣom papthu.'' | ||
: yesterday. evening-<small>LOC.SG</small>. <small>1SG.DIR</small>. temple-<small>DAT.SG</small>. go.<small> | : yesterday. evening-<small>LOC.SG</small>. <small>1SG.DIR</small>. temple-<small>DAT.SG</small>. go.<small>MULTIDIR.PAST-IND.1S.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>. | ||
: Yesterday [in the] evening I went to the temple. | : Yesterday [in the] evening I went to the temple. | ||