Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Order of subject, object, and verb

Values

Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Example 67-1:
Wah tengok punya olang pecaya, sayang sama dia.
Wah
interj
tengok
look.at
punya
rel
olang
person
pecaya,
believe
sayang
admire
sama
with
dia.
3sg
Wah, people who were watching believed (and) admired him.

Source: Aye 2005: 128

Example 67-2:
Teochew cakap Teochew la.
Teochew
Teochew
cakap
speak
Teochew
Teochew
la.
emph
The Teochew speak Teochew.

Source: Aye 2005: 358

Confidence:
Very certain