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Knašta has a SVO (subject-verb-object) word order. It uses subject verb inversion to mark questions. However, due to the prevalence of the implied agent form, the subject is often null, and questions are only marked by a rise in intonation or the placement of an interrogative pronoun. | |||
====Examples of Basic Sentence Order==== | |||
Joj adora vošní. | |||
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I love you (I love you) | |||
Til-tweskava jo. | |||
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will-kill.you me (You will kill me) | |||
Ameskanés vošní jo? | |||
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love you me (Do you love me?) | |||
Til-metsíkatsa drast? | |||
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will-get.we that (Are we going to get that?) | |||
Kw'avesknés? | |||
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what'have.you (What do you have?) | |||
====Adjectives and Adverbs==== | |||
Adjectives always come '''after''' the nouns they modify: | |||
Sé otosa '''roda''' | |||
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the car red (the red car) | |||
Adverbs typically come ''after''' the verb they modify, and in many cases the end of the sentence: | |||
Můsťen fétsanés drast vrémenskí-las? | |||
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must do.you that really (Do you really have to do that?) | |||
Íl sen-žweska bots-las drastniqt | |||
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he past-play well tonight (He played well tonight) | |||
DŽis oplaska matka | |||
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be.it locative.place already (It's already in place) | |||
Íl til-fétsa lot žamítsa. | |||
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he will-do it never. (He'll never do it) | |||
However, the adverb ''žůsta'' (just), typically precedes the verb, and can also be placed between the tense marker and verb: | |||
Íl sen-žůsta gróþ | |||
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he past-just go (He just went) | |||
Žůsta sen-fétsakatsí lot | |||
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just past-do.I it (I just did it) | |||
==== Relative Clauses ==== | |||
Relatives clauses involving drast (this, that), and kí always use the SVO word order: | |||
Sé ňos kí ǰis dos aržentsísin | |||
the man who is of monies (The man who is rich) | |||
Ní ǰis kelkžozak drast marša bots-las | |||
not be.it some.thing that works well (It's not something that works well) | |||
However, if the clause involves any interrogative pronoun (besides kí), it may '''also''' use VSO word order, although the use of the implied agent renders this moot in many cases: | |||
Drast ǰis kwý adorakatsí èl | |||
that be why love.I she (That's why I love her) | |||
Drast ǰis kwo můsťen fétsa íl | |||
that be what must he do (That's what he has to do) | |||
Drast ǰis kw'íl můsťen fétsa | |||
that be what'he must do (That's what he has to do) | |||
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