Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb

Examples

  1. Isredeh mi kau bringi wan mannpikin.
    Isrede
    yesterday
    mi
    1sg
    kau
    cow
    bringi
    deliver
    wan
    a
    manpikin.
    male.young
    Yesterday my cow delivered a bull calf.
    German: Gestern hat meine Kuh ein Junges, ein Oechsgen geworfen. [op.cit.]

    See Schumann 1783: 22

  2. Da mastra tikki mi wyfi na nitti lange trange hay.
    Da
    det.sg
    masra
    master
    teki
    take
    mi
    1sg
    wefi
    wife
    na
    in
    neti
    night
    nanga
    with
    tranga
    strong
    ai.
    eye
    The master took my wife during the night with force.
    Dutch: De Directeur het myn Vrouw met geweld in zyn Magt gekreegen en met geweld heeft hy by haar Geslaapen. [op.cit.]

    See van Dyk ca. 1765: 74