Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Language:
Singlish
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb

Examples

  1. I want some fish.
    I
    I
    want
    want
    some
    some
    fish.
    fish
    I want some fish.
  2. So your grandfather had three wives something like that ah?
    So
    so
    your
    2sg.poss
    grandfather
    grandfather
    had
    have.pst
    three
    three
    wives
    wives
    something
    something
    like
    like
    that
    that
    ah?
    pcl
    So your grandfather had three wives or something like that?

    See Wee and Ansaldo 2004: 68

  3. But the boss saw the interview.
    But
    conj
    the
    det
    boss
    boss
    saw
    see.pst
    the
    det
    interview.
    interview
    But the boss saw the interview.

    See Wee and Ansaldo 2004: 60