Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb

Examples

  1. Mi si di man.
    Mi
    1sg
    si
    see
    di
    art
    man.
    man
    I see the man. OR: I saw the man.
  2. Meiri duhz aaltaim kis Jan.
    Meiri
    Mary
    duhz
    hab
    aal-taim
    all-time
    kis
    kiss
    Jan.
    John
    Mary often kisses John. OR: Mary always kisses John.
  3. Di hedtiicha duhz giv dem lesnz.
    Di
    art
    hed-tiicha
    head-teacher
    duhz
    hab
    giv
    give
    dem
    3pl
    lesn-z.
    lesson-pl
    The headteacher gives them lessons.

    See Prescod 2004: A10