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Sintsiran generally has a subject-object-verb word order, although because of its use of cases, this order is not strictly followed. Adjectives also typically come after nouns. | Sintsiran generally has a subject-object-verb word order, although because of its use of cases, this order is not strictly followed. Adjectives also typically come after nouns. | ||
:{{interlinear | | :{{interlinear | | ||
| Ī pâliu giûrōm lásund et. | | {{term|ī|Ī}} {{term|pâlis|pâliu}} {{term|giûrō|giûrōm}} {{term|lésne|lásund}} {{term|séne|et}}. | ||
| 3SG.MASC book-ACC green-ACC read-ing be-3SG. | | 3SG.MASC book-ACC green-ACC read-ing be-3SG.PRES. | ||
|'He is reading a green book.'}} | |'He is reading a green book.'}} | ||
When asking questions, speakers will often swap the word order, typically employing verb-subject-object or object-verb-subject word order. | |||
:{{interlinear | | |||
| {{term|klépne|Klāpst}} to {{term|klôpi|klôpi}} te {{term|ágan|ágnō}}? | |||
| steal-3SG.PERF the-MASC.NOM fox-NOM the-PL.NEUT.ACC berry-PL.ACC | |||
|'Did the fox steal the berries?'}} | |||
==Numbers== | ==Numbers== | ||