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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 23-1:
Gavman blong Canada i kivim mane tu blong wan kompiuta blong Nasonal Akaev blong Vanuatu.
Gavman
government
blong
prep
Canada
Canada
i
agr
kivim
give:
tr
mane
money
tu
too
blong
comp
wan
indf
.
art
kompiuta
computer
blong
prep
Nasonal
national
Akaev
archive
blong
prep
Vanuatu.
Vanuatu
The Canadian Government has also given money for a computer for the National Archives of Vanuatu.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
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