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Non-verb-final word orders are possible, but are practically only ever used in poetry in order to fit into particular metres. | Non-verb-final word orders are possible, but are practically only ever used in poetry in order to fit into particular metres. | ||
====Epiphrasis==== | |||
Epiphrasis (''anumyūse'') is the main syntactic change to the main constituent order. | |||
{{Gloss | |||
| phrase = yuna lādragilā pūnah, gluḫambut. | |||
| morphemes = yuna lādragy0l-ā pūn-∅-∅-h gluḫ0m-bu=t | |||
| gloss = <small>1SG.DIR</small>. inn-<small>LOC.SG</small>. work-<small>EXP-PAT-PRES.3SG.IND</small>. female's_brother.<small>DIR.SG-POSS.1SG</small>=and. | |||
| translation = I work at the inn, and so does my brother. | |||
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{{Gloss | |||
| phrase = kiṅkū naviṣyū meśah, nyoṭa goldyūt. | |||
| morphemes = kiṅk-ū naviṣy-ū meś-∅-∅-h ni-oṭ-∅-∅-a goldi-ū-t | |||
| gloss = three-<small>ABL</small>. book-<small>ABL.SG</small>. see-<small>EXP-PAT-PRES.3SG.IND</small>. lie_on-<small>EXP-PAT-PRES.3SG.IND</small>. cat-<small>ABL.SG</small>=and. | |||
| translation = I see the three books, as well as the cat lying on them. | |||
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===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
====Positional-classificatory verbs==== | ====Positional-classificatory verbs==== | ||