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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
The word order is tense-subject-verbnoun-object or, when the object is a pronoun, tense-subject-object-verbnoun. A nominal object is lenited. | The word order is usually tense-subject-verbnoun-object or, when the object is a pronoun, tense-subject-object-verbnoun. A nominal direct object is lenited; in fact, any indefinite dependent noun is lenited when used after a sequence tense/head + adjunct. | ||
*''Lon teo sim'' = 'I'm running' (''sim'' is a lenited form of ''tsim''.) | *''Lon teo sim'' = 'I'm running' (''sim'' is a lenited form of ''tsim''.) | ||