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Order of subject, object, and verb
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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 11-1:
An horikien mash dat dong.
An
and
horikien
hurricane
mash
mash
dat
dem
dong.
down
And the hurricane destroyed it.
Source:
nd
Example 11-8:
Dis
hat man waahn aal di gyal dem.
Dis
dem
hat
hot
man
man
waahn
want
aal
all
di
art
.
def
gyal
girl
dem.
pl
This hot man wanted all the girls.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
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Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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