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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Bhadhagha is a head-initial, topic-comment language with V2 order. It is wh-in-situ. | Bhadhagha is a head-initial, topic-comment language with V2 order. It is wh-in-situ. | ||
===Faulty accusative=== | ===Faulty accusative=== | ||
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:DEF.man PST-feed-he who | :DEF.man PST-feed-he who | ||
:Whom did the man feed? | :Whom did the man feed? | ||
===Topic-prominence=== | |||
The man thanks the teacher = Shos molù dhùbhòinn (lit. the man, he thanks the teacher), or Dhùbhòinn mola shos am u (lit. the teacher, the man thanks him) | |||
The teacher thanks the man = Dhùbhòinn molù shos (lit. the teacher, he thanks the man), or Shos mola dhùbhòinn am u (lit. the man, the teacher thanks him) | |||
===Relative clauses=== | ===Relative clauses=== | ||