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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Verb-initial sentences are the norm. Verb–Subject–Object (VSO) orderis the most common, though VOS is also possible; permutations of S and O do not change the meaning in the ‘who-does-what-to-whom’ sphere. Thus, both sentences below have the same gloss: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Okaan tsa srahan a sakar. | |||
| gloss = see.PFV ERG hunter ABS child | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Okaan a sakar tsa srahan . | |||
| gloss = see.PFV ABS child ERG hunter | |||
| translation = "The hunter saw the child." | |||
}} | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||