Chlouvānem/Syntax: Difference between revisions

This page treats syntax (''kilendarāmita'') in the [[Chlouvānem]] language. Throughout the page there will be references to the topics treated in the pages on [[Chlouvānem/Morphology|Chlouvānem morphology]], [[Chlouvānem/Positional and motion verbs|positional and motion verbs]], and [[Chlouvānem/Exterior and interior verbs|exterior and interior verbs]].

==Word order==

Chlouvānem's word order is usually described as topic-comment; the topic (''caṃginutas''), whether explicit or "unmarked" (as per Chlouvānem terminology) is always the first element of a sentence and everything else - the comment or ''paṣukulas'' - comes afterwards. The most commonly used terminology in native sources distinguishes two different kinds of topics as ''aplidra caṃginutas'' vs. ''gu aplidra caṃginutas'' (or also ''tadgerenei aplidra caṃginutas'' or ''daradhāve aplidra caṃginutas''), translated here as "explicit topic" and "unmarked topic" (or "voice-marked topic" or "verb-marked topic") respectively. Explicit topic (''aplidra caṃginutas'') is understood as a topic marked by the particle ''mæn''.