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Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
References
Velupillai 2003
: 56
Examples
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
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
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
pɛlɛ laɪk wiski
pɛlɛ
Pele
laɪk
like
wiski
whiskey
Pele likes whiskey.
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