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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Ancient Sohcahtoan and modern [[Sohcahtoan]] both have very similar grammar to [[w:Japanese language|Japanese]]. | |||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Ancient Sohcahtoan uses an '''S-O-V'''(subject-object-verb) format as in Japanese, however when asking a question the language uses a '''V-O-S'''(verb-object-subject) structure, e.g. ''ānu ā bōru ka adusata''(The dog has a ball) and ''Adusata ka bōru ānu?''(does the dog have a ball?) | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
'''"The dog" - "ānu"''' | |||
Sohcahtoan, like Japanese, doesn't have a word for "the", unless you are also specifying the '''location''' of something, e.g. if you wanted to say "the dog", it would be simply "ānu"(literally "dog"), but if you wanted to say "this dog" or "that cat" it would be "gen ānu" or "gan nero" respectively. | |||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||