User:Ooswesthoesbes/Word order

In essence, we've got a SOV word order. But, to make things complicated, we add some other things as well :P


 * Main clause: SOV: Eg te wúúde. (I see you)
 * Embedded clause: OSV: Eg ne wúúde kwim tom eg wúúde. (I don't know whom, that I see)
 * Subordinate clause: SOV: Eg ne wúúde áuxi eg te wúúdit mézho./Eg ne wúúde áuxi eg te mézho wúúdit. (I don't know if I can see you)
 * Interrogative sentence with pronoun: OVS: Kwim wúúde eg? (Whom do I see?)
 * Interrogative sentence without pronoun: VSO: Wúúde eg te? (Do I see you?)
 * Imperative: VO: Wìdsti me! (See me!)

Heavy parts of speech (or adverbials) may be placed before or after the general sentence:
 * Ad zhánsxi eg wo wúúde./Eg wo wúúde ad zhánsxi./Eg ad zhánsxi wo wúúde. (I see the man standing near the geese)
 * compare: Eg wo ad zhánsxi wúúde. (I see the man who works with geese)

General order: SaAOVv. (subject-particles-adverbials-object-infinite-finite)