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===Word Order=== | ===Word Order=== | ||
Wistanian is predominately head-initial and verb-initial. This is manafested in that particles are always expressed first in a particle phrase (PartP), head verbs are expressed first in a verb phrase (VP), and head nouns are expressed first in a noun phrase (NP). | |||
'''viga dari aa garauda bi.''' | |||
vig-a dari aa garauda bi. | |||
eat-DUR boy ACC food goodness | |||
"The boy is eating good food." | |||
''' | This sentence is made up of the following phrases, the heads in '''bold''': | ||
* VP: '''viga'''... garauda | |||
" | * NP: '''dari'''; '''garauda''' bi | ||
* PartP: '''aa''' garauda | |||
Most of time, declarative and interrogative sentences will be expressed as verb-subject-object (VSO). However, imperative sentences use verb-object-subject (VOS). In the formal register of the Western Dialect, the word order changes dramatically into subject-object-verb (SOV), due to the SOV word order of the Bwolotil language spoken in those areas. | |||
Phrases that begin with a relativizer particle (See 4.3.3) are expressed at the end of the NP that it modifies. Temporal phrases that begin with the particle '''auv''' (when/during) will typically be expressed at the beginning or end of a sentence, although some dialects and registers allow it after the VP. | |||
'''auv bimaj daridd, auzunwaj aa ujadi va jin, lu.''' | |||
auv bima-a -j daridd, auzunu-a -j aa ujadi va jin, lu. | |||
TEMP fall-DUR-IRR rain, arrive-DUR-IRR ACC house COP green, 2S.NOM. | |||
"When the rain falls, come into the house that is green." | |||
===Questions=== | ===Questions=== |
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