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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Like most other Lahob languages, the preferred word order in Chlouvānem is SOV, and the language is almost completely head-final. The word order could however be better defined as topic-comment, but in less common styles it is perfectly possible, thanks to case inflections, to greatly deviate from this standard order. | |||
The '''subject''' - whatever agrees with the verb - is usually the topic, but there can be another explicitely stated topic (denoted by the particle ''mæn'') which gets precedence on the subject (triggered by the verb), as in the third of the following examples: | |||
* ''yąloe lilie ulguta'' - The food has been bought by me. (food.<small>DIR.SG</small>. <small>1SG.ERG</small>. buy.<small>PERF</small>-<small>3SG.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>.) | |||
* ''lili yąlenu ulgutaṃça'' - I have bought food. (<small>1SG.DIR</small>. food-<small>ACC.SG</small>. buy.<small>PERF</small>-<small>1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>.) | |||
* ''liliā ñæltah mæn yąloe lilie ulguta'' - My sister, I bought the food [for her]. (<small>1SG.GEN</small>. sister.<small>DIR.SG</small>. <small>TOPIC</small>. food.<small>DIR.SG</small>. <small>1SG.ERG</small>. buy.<small>PERF</small>-<small>3SG.EXTERIOR.PATIENT</small>.) | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
====Stative cases as nominal tense==== | ====Stative cases as nominal tense==== | ||