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Example 75-5
Kiiuchipitam sa tet la torcheu.
Kii-uchi-pit-am
pst
-from-pull-3.
obj
.
inan
sa
poss
.3.
f
tet
head
la
def
.
art
.
f
.
sg
torcheu.
turtle
The turtle retracted its head.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 267
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Verb-object-subject (VOS)
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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