Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
References
Veenstra 1996: 116

Examples

  1. A téi dí páu páá.
    A
    3sg
    téi
    take
    dí
    def.sg
    páu
    stick
    páá.
    quick
    He took the stick quickly.

    See Veenstra 1996: 116

  2. Wojo u mi á sa kai ku di faja.
    Wojo
    eye
    u
    for
    mi
    1sg
    á
    neg
    sa
    m
    kai
    fall
    ku
    with
    di
    def.sg
    faja.
    fire
    My eye can't stand the light.

    See de Groot 1977: 219

  3. Di mujɛɛ naki di womi.
    Di
    def.sg
    mujɛɛ
    woman
    naki
    hit
    di
    def.sg
    womi.
    man
    The woman hit the man.