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==Constructions==
==Constructions==
Modern Swuntsim is SVO in independent clauses and pro-drop:
:'''''Chə'əcwev təSfətsivəσ.'''''
:/χəˈʔəkʷev təsfəˈtsivəɬ/
:chə-ʔə-cwev təSfətsiv-əσ
:NEG.PRES-3SG.AN-say Swuntsim-ADV
:''He does not speak Swuntsim.''
*The copula is ''go'' (inflected for tense).
* There is no relativizer; verbs have relative forms.
*The complementizer is ''ti'' (acc. tə + yi)
Adpositions consist of approximately equal number of prepositions and postpositions. Unlike in Standard Average Talman, adpositions do not inflect.
The constituent order is genitive-noun, noun-adjective, and noun-relative clause.
AdjN:
:''sjgwətjes zde''
:sj-gwətje-s s-de
:SG.INAN-red-ATTR SG-flower
: 'red flower'
NGen or GenN depending on type of possession?
:''tjway əd cwə'əmams''
:tj-way əd cwə-ʔəmam-s
:SG-name SG-of 1SG-mother-GEN
:'my mother's name'
RelN, relative clauses are OV (very non-Standard Average Talman!)
:'''''tocadh aygwiσcwəv'oəch ətotj va tfii'odh fi zdowe.'''''
:yesterday 3SG.CL1-REL-APPL-1SG-PAST-appoint SG.man COP.PST beautiful and kind
:''The man I went out with yesterday was handsome and nice.''
VComp:
:'''''Cwəchsla' ti fəv'oəch sadh ətotj tocadh.'''''
:cwə-ch-sla' ti fə-v-'oəch sadh ətotj tocadh
:1SG-PRES-know COMP 2SG-PAST-appoint with SG-man yesterday
:''I know that you went out with the man yesterday.''
Some adpositions must be used with thw genitive case.
*''ef'' (+ gen.) = in
*''tə'' (+ nom.) = accusative
==="Have" construction===
Swuntsim has no verb for "have"; instead the word ''djec'' 'with' is used.
:''o djec go tjvits'' (pronounced "o djeco tjvits")
:1SG with COP SG-house
:"I have a house"


==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==
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