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 ====Syntax====
 <!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->
-=====Word order=====
+Aurónian Dhannuá syntax is markedly different from Indo-European syntax, especially in its typologically rare [[w:Verb-object-subject|VOS]] word order
+=====Unmarked word order=====
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-The default unmarked word order in Dhannuá is verb-initial with the object following and optionally the subject may come last (VOS). This is quite an interesting feature of the language considering the rarity of this word order in the world.
+# Negation<sup>1</sup>
+# Verb
+# Various post-verbal particles<sup>2</sup>
+# Auxiliary verb part<sup>3</sup>
+# Manner descriptor
+# Indirect Object
+# Direct Object
+# Subject
+# Location Descriptor
+# Time Descriptor
+======Notes======
+* <small>1. Usually, if the verb begins with a vowel, the negation ''ne'' is procliticised onto the verb,  e.g. '''''an'''úidannad an tódh?'' 'Don't they know that?' and loses stress.</small>
+* <small>2. e.g ''ca'' 'and, also', ''an'' 'question particle'. </small>
+* <small>3. e.g past tense participle, future II participle, etc. </small>
+The bare building block needed for an intransitive sentence is the verb with the subject as an optional component. For sentences with a transitive verb, a direct object is required.
 In actual speech, word order may vary slightly, a bit freer than say English, as words are inflected for case and verbs may be marked for person thus permitting such variations such as verb-subject-object.
-V Q NEG AUX ADV D A S
-Emphasis on the subject is common in transitive questions; this is accomplished syntactically by fronting the subject and verb, i.e. using a subject-verb-object word order.
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