Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb

Examples

  1. Shi buy a nju cyar.
    Shi
    3sg
    buy
    buy
    a
    det
    nju
    new
    cyar.
    car
    She bought a new car.
  2. Sita eat di mango.
    Sita
    Sita
    eat
    eat
    di
    det
    mango.
    mango
    Sita ate the mango.

    See Winer 1993: 22

  3. Di child want food.
    Di
    det
    child
    child
    want
    want
    food.
    food
    The child wants food.

    See Winer 1993: 22