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Example 37-16
Mene ka kopa pêxi na fya
sempi
.
Mene
Mene
ka
hab
kopa
buy
pêxi
fish
na
loc
fya
market
sempi.
always
Mene always buys fish at the market.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 2009
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – object – adverb
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