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* ‘I know how to swim.’ | * ‘I know how to swim.’ | ||
*: (“I swimming know.”) | *: (“I swimming know.”) | ||
*: ''[[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|Meu]] [[Contionary: | *: ''[[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|Meu]] [[Contionary: rabba#Modern Standard Imperial|rabba]] [[Contionary: shatviè#Modern Standard Imperial|shatviè]].'' | ||
(Here there is a direct object, which triggers the sentence to revert back to its natural SOV order.) | (Here there is a direct object, which triggers the sentence to revert back to its natural SOV order.) | ||
* ‘I teach.’ | * ‘I teach.’ | ||
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* ‘I teach you how to swim.’ | * ‘I teach you how to swim.’ | ||
*: (“I you swim know I” → “I cause you to know how to swim.”) | *: (“I you swim know I” → “I cause you to know how to swim.”) | ||
*: ''[[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|Meu]] [[Contionary: vè#Modern Standard Imperial|vè]] [[Contionary: | *: ''[[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|Meu]] [[Contionary: vè#Modern Standard Imperial|vè]] [[Contionary: rabba#Modern Standard Imperial|rabba]] [[Contionary: shatviè#Modern Standard Imperial|shatviè]] [[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|meu]] .'' | ||
If the subject is a noun or noun phrase (rather than a pronoun), its equivalent pronoun will follow the verb. (A full noun can never follow a verb in Modern Standard Imperial.) | If the subject is a noun or noun phrase (rather than a pronoun), its equivalent pronoun will follow the verb. (A full noun can never follow a verb in Modern Standard Imperial.) | ||
* ‘That man teaches swimming.’ | * ‘That man teaches swimming.’ | ||
*: (“Man that knows swimming he.”) | *: (“Man that knows swimming he.”) | ||
*: ''[[Contionary: rosha#Modern Standard Imperial|Rosha]] [[Contionary: ku#Modern Standard Imperial|ku]] [[Contionary: | *: ''[[Contionary: rosha#Modern Standard Imperial|Rosha]] [[Contionary: ku#Modern Standard Imperial|ku]] [[Contionary: rabba#Modern Standard Imperial|rabba]] [[Contionary: shatviè#Modern Standard Imperial|shatviè]] [[Contionary: shva#Modern Standard Imperial|shva]] .'' | ||
Some other examples of bi-transitive causatives are: | Some other examples of bi-transitive causatives are: | ||