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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Word order=== | ===Word order=== | ||
Nawuhu is primarily an SOV(subject-object-verb) language. | Nawuhu is primarily an SOV(subject-object-verb) language. In a phrase where there is no object, the word order is verb-initial. However, if the object is omitted but still implied, the word order remains as the standard SV. Thus, "I am", would be ''í ja'', lit. "am I", while "I am a person" would be ''ja pida’a í'', lit. "I person-a am". | ||
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 gvé'', 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 gvé'', the question "Do you have a cat?" would be ''lhún ja éppia?''. | ||