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==Syntax==
==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Constituent order===
Word order is V2 (also SAuxVO), but is VSO in questions and VO in imperatives:
Word order is VSO, and VO in imperatives. Questions may use a question particle ''nie'' at the end.


:'''''sī mīn lēraŕ.'''''
:'''''sī mīn lēraŕ.'''''
:''She is my teacher.''
:''She is my teacher.''


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:''Yesterday I went to buy fruit.''
:''Yesterday I went to buy fruit.''


:'''''Wōt jūr zat ēnć?'''''
:'''''Nie wōt jūr zat nie?'''''
:''Don't you know that?''
:''Don't you know that?''


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:''Eat your vegetables!''
:''Eat your vegetables!''


Verbs are negated with ''ēnć'':
Verbs are negated with ''nie'' placed before the verb:


:'''''jac fersdanda ēnć huat jūr sagid.'''''
:'''''Nie fersdanda jac huat sagid jūr.'''''
:''I don't understand what you're saying.''
:''I don't understand what you're saying.''


===Noun phrase===
===Noun phrase===
Adjectives precede the noun, but genitives follow it.
Both adjectives and genitives follow nouns.


===Verb phrase===
===Verb phrase===
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