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====Syntax==== | ====Syntax==== | ||
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===== | Aurónian Dhannuá syntax is markedly different from Indo-European syntax, especially in its typologically rare [[w:Verb-object-subject|VOS]] word order | ||
=====Unmarked word order===== | |||
{{improvesection}} | {{improvesection}} | ||
The | # Negation<sup>1</sup> | ||
# Verb | |||
# Various post-verbal particles<sup>2</sup> | |||
# Auxiliary verb part<sup>3</sup> | |||
# Manner descriptor | |||
# Indirect Object | |||
# Direct Object | |||
# Subject | |||
# Location Descriptor | |||
# Time Descriptor | |||
======Notes====== | |||
* <small>1. Usually, if the verb begins with a vowel, the negation ''ne'' is procliticised onto the verb, e.g. '''''an'''úidannad an tódh?'' 'Don't they know that?' and loses stress.</small> | |||
* <small>2. e.g ''ca'' 'and, also', ''an'' 'question particle'. </small> | |||
* <small>3. e.g past tense participle, future II participle, etc. </small> | |||
The bare building block needed for an intransitive sentence is the verb with the subject as an optional component. For sentences with a transitive verb, a direct object is required. | |||
In actual speech, word order may vary slightly, a bit freer than say English, as words are inflected for case and verbs may be marked for person thus permitting such variations such as verb-subject-object. | In actual speech, word order may vary slightly, a bit freer than say English, as words are inflected for case and verbs may be marked for person thus permitting such variations such as verb-subject-object. | ||
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