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Czechmate has unmarked order SOV: 'The woman sings the song' is ''Džená géman gájat''. (Using ''géman'' 'song' as an object of ''gájati'' 'to sing' implies specificity. 'Sings a (nonspecific) song' would simply be ''gájat''.) | Czechmate has unmarked order SOV: 'The woman sings the song' is ''Džená géman gájat''. (Using ''géman'' 'song' as an object of ''gájati'' 'to sing' implies specificity. 'Sings a (nonspecific) song' would simply be ''gájat''.) | ||
The topic comes first: | |||
*''Džená géman gájat'' = ''Onna wa uta wo utau'' | *''Džená géman gájat'' = ''Onna wa uta wo utau'' | ||
*''Géman gájat džená'' = ''Uta wa onna ga utau'' | *''Géman gájat džená'' = ''Uta wa onna ga utau'' |
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