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Example 74-3

yáka łap ixt man

yáka

3sg

łap

find

ixt

one

man

man

He found a man.

Type:: narrative
Source:: Boas 1933: 211

Language:

Chinuk Wawa by Anthony P. Grant

Datapoints:

Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)

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