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Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Language:
Norf'k
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Examples
Wi kech plente aabuuka.
Wi
1pl
kech
catch
plente
much
aabuuka.
groper
We caught lots of groper (fish sp.).
Leonard cook dem fesh.
Leonard
Leonard
cook
cook
dem
det
.
def
.
pl
fesh.
fish
Leonard cook(ed) the fish.
Mum gwen florg et.
Mum
mother
gwen
fut
florg
beat
et.
me/you/him/her/it/us/you/them
Mother will beat me.
Laentan
el giw a' gud lait.
Ø
Ø
laentan
lantern
el
hab
giw
give
a'
det
.
indf
gud
good
lait.
light
A lantern gives a good light.
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