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==== Word order ==== | ==== Word order ==== | ||
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The default unmarked word order in Dhannuá is verb-initial with the object following and optionally the subject may come last (VOS). This is quite an interesting feature of the language considering the rarity of this word order in the world. | |||
In actual speech, word order may vary slightly, a bit freer than say English, as words are inflected for case and verbs may be marked for person thus permitting such variations such as verb-subject-object. | |||
V Q NEG AUX ADV D A S | |||
Emphasis on the subject is common in transitive questions; this is accomplished syntactically by fronting the subject and verb, i.e. using a subject-verb-object word order. | Emphasis on the subject is common in transitive questions; this is accomplished syntactically by fronting the subject and verb, i.e. using a subject-verb-object word order. | ||