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When forming a question(or a proposition, which uses roughly the same structure), the word order becomes VSO(verb-subject-object). Thus, though "I have a cat" would be ''ja éppia lhún'', the question "Do you have a cat?" would be ''lhún ja éppia?''. | When forming a question(or a proposition, which uses roughly the same structure), the word order becomes VSO(verb-subject-object). Thus, though "I have a cat" would be ''ja éppia lhún'', the question "Do you have a cat?" would be ''lhún ja éppia?''. | ||
===Null-subject=== | |||
Though formally not a [[w:Null-subject language|null-subject language]], in colloquial speech, many speakers often omit the subject, particularly if it is obvious(though this is not a prerequisite). It is also typically used, even in formal speech, for expressing a phrase in the imperative mood, such as ''Pyátta’a!'', "Move!", instead of ''Ádo pyátta’a!'', "You, move!". However, in both formal and informal speech, a phrase in the jussive mood never has its subject omitted, i.e. ''Jiyacitási avni'', "Let some of them go." | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Number==== | ====Number==== | ||
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| ''-álo'' || - || ''-ián'' | | ''-álo'' || - || ''-ián'' | ||
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To form perfective and imperfective tenses for past, present and future, the aforementioned the suffixes ''-sen'' and ''-san'' are placed before the tense suffix. Thus, something like "I do" would be ''ja kubu''(or simply ''kubu'' if one chooses to omit [[Nawuhu# | To form perfective and imperfective tenses for past, present and future, the aforementioned the suffixes ''-sen'' and ''-san'' are placed before the tense suffix. Thus, something like "I do" would be ''ja kubu''(or simply ''kubu'' if one chooses to omit [[Nawuhu#Null subject|the subject]]), or for emphasis ''ja kubusen'', while "I was doing" would be ''ja kubusanálo''(or ''kubusanálo''). | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||