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Bearlandic normally has a SVO word order, but questions have a VSO order. | Bearlandic normally has a SVO word order, but questions have a VSO order. If there is more than one verb in the sentence, there are two possibilities (the verbs are '''bold'''): | ||
* Dē jaggter '''will sgit''' dē konin. (The hunter wants to shoot the rabbit.) | |||
* Dē jaggter '''will''' dē konin '''sgitē'''. | |||
In subordinate clauses there are generally the same two possibilities: | |||
* Ig wet dass dē jaggter '''sgit''' dē konin. (I know the hunter shoots the rabbit.) | |||
* Ig wet dass dē jaggter dē konin '''sgitē'''. | |||
However, sometimes this would change the meaning: | |||
* Dē jaggter sgit dē konin ''oss'' dē '''iss''' hiess verking. (The hunter shoots the rabbit ''if'' it's his job.) | |||
* Dē jaggter sgit dē konin ''oss'' dē hiess verking '''zyt'''. (The hunter shoots the rabbit ''because'' it's his job.) | |||
==Sample== | ==Sample== | ||