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The normal word order for a sentence in Hololag is SOV. In interrogative and negative sentences this changes to a OSV order. | The normal word order for a sentence in Hololag is SOV. In interrogative and negative sentences this changes to a OSV order. | ||
Sentences of commands and requests are in SOV excluding negative commands. | Sentences of commands and requests are in SOV excluding negative commands. | ||
===Negative Sentences=== | |||
Negative sentences follow an OSV order. In negation, verbal tenses happen to change. Normally it only happens with the Neutral tense. But: | |||
* '''Neutral tense will always change into Infinitive''' | |||
* '''Future tense might change into Present tense if only the speaker is sure that the action in the future won't really happen''' | |||
===Orders/Requests - Imperative Sentence=== | |||
There's no imperative mode for the verbs in Hololang, the infinitive is used to give orders. SOV order except negative order or requests (interrogative orders), that is the OSV order. | |||
''Give me diamonds! - moī djaīmōnes derē! | |||
Can you give me diamonds? - djaīmōnes moī derē?'' | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||