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Multiclausal sentences are formed by simply placing word-clauses next to one another. Modifiers generally follow their heads but word-clause order is quite flexible, with different orders being used to shift emphasis. | Multiclausal sentences are formed by simply placing word-clauses next to one another. Modifiers generally follow their heads but word-clause order is quite flexible, with different orders being used to shift emphasis. | ||
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| colspan="20" | '''''Navina kimaixaa.''''' | |||
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| colspan="20" | <small>[ˈnavina kimai̯ˈʔaː]</small> | |||
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| '''n_v_n_''' || the cause || '''_a_i_a''' || is me | |||
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| '''k_m_x_''' || the monkey || '''_i_ai_aa''' || dances | |||
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| colspan="20" | ''Because of me, the monkey dances.'' | |||
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====Transitivity==== | ====Transitivity==== | ||
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| colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats the banana.'' | | colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats the banana.'' | ||
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====Definiteness==== | ====Definiteness==== | ||
There are no articles, but the subject of a clause is generally definite and the verb deals with something indefinite. ''Inversion'' (swapping the subject and the verb within a clause) is used to achieve this effect. The resulting transformations produce entirely different looking words, such as the change from '''''mogivo''''' (≈ "the banana") to '''''jimujai''''' (≈ "a banana") in the following sentences. | There are no articles, but the subject of a clause is generally definite and the verb deals with something indefinite. [[Uoriuo#Inversion|''Inversion'']] (swapping the subject and the verb within a clause) is used to achieve this effect. The resulting transformations produce entirely different looking words, such as the change from '''''mogivo''''' (≈ "the banana") to '''''jimujai''''' (≈ "a banana") in the following sentences. | ||
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| colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats a banana.'' | | colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats a banana.'' | ||
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====Location==== | ====Location==== | ||
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====Experience verbs==== | ====Experience verbs==== | ||
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| colspan="20" | ''I see you.'' | | colspan="20" | ''I see you.'' | ||
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====Subordination==== | ====Subordination==== | ||
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| colspan="20" | ''I see the monkey eat the banana.'' | | colspan="20" | ''I see the monkey eat the banana.'' | ||
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====Coordination==== | ====Coordination==== | ||
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| colspan="20" | ''He hits her but she loves him.'' | | colspan="20" | ''He hits her but she loves him.'' | ||
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===Modification=== | ===Modification=== | ||