Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
References
Velupillai 2003: 56

Examples

  1. smal lido ɹak hiʔ [...] ɹol daʊ da ɹuf
    smal
    small
    lido
    little
    ɹak
    rock
    hiʔ
    hit
    [...]
    [...]
    ɹol
    roll
    daʊ
    down
    da
    art
    ɹuf
    roof
    Small little rocks hit [...] roll down the roof.

    See Velupillai 2003: 102

  2. ænti maɪd hæv ɹitn [...] wan buk
    ænti
    auntie
    maɪd
    specul.judg
    hæv
    have
    ɹitn
    write.prf
    [...]
    [...]
    wan
    art
    buk
    book
    Auntie might have written [...] a book.

    See Velupillai 2003: 76

  3. dis waɾɛva spɹiʔ wɛn ʤamp intu dis wan gaɪ [...] dis mis was ʧokiŋ diz gaɪz nɛk
    dis
    dem
    waɾɛva
    whatever
    spɹiʔ
    spirit
    wɛn
    pst.pfv
    ʤamp
    jump
    intu
    into
    dis
    dem
    wan
    one
    gaɪ
    guy
    [...]
    [...]
    dis
    dem
    mis
    mist
    was
    cop.pst
    ʧoki-ŋ
    choke-prog
    diz
    dem
    gaɪ-z
    guy-gen
    nɛk
    neck
    This whatever spirit jumped into this one guy [...] this mist was choking this guy's neck.

    See Velupillai 2003: 48

  4. pɛlɛ laɪk wiski
    pɛlɛ
    Pele
    laɪk
    like
    wiski
    whiskey
    Pele likes whiskey.