Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
References
Faraclas 1996: 71-73

Examples

  1. À plant nyam.
    À
    1sg.sbj
    plant
    plant
    nyam.
    yam
    I planted yams.

    See Faraclas 1996: 71

  2. Chidi (ìm) gò kawnt nyam.
    Chidi
    Chidi
    (ìm)
    (3sg.sbj)
    gò
    irr
    kawnt
    count
    nyam.
    yam
    Chidi will count yams.

    See Faraclas 1996: 58