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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 37-1:
[...] ê kum'inhemi sê pe.
[...]
[...]
ê
3sg
kume
eat
inhemi
yam
sê
dem
pe.
ideo
[...] He ate the whole yam.
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 182
Example 37-16:
Mene ka kopa pêxi na fya
sempi
.
Mene
Mene
ka
hab
kopa
buy
pêxi
fish
na
loc
fya
market
sempi.
always
Mene always buys fish at the market.
Source:
Maurer 2009
Example 37-34:
[...] arê vya manda
sodadi
.
[...]
[...]
arê
king
vya
rep
manda
send
sodadi.
soldier
[...] the king sent soldiers again.
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 184
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Language:
Principense
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 141
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