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Order of subject, object, and verb
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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 38-1:
No skéve wan xat.
No
1pl
skéve
write
wan
art
xata.
letter
We write a letter.
Example 38-16:
May laba mina sunzu.
Mai
mother
laba
wash
mina
child
sunzu.
dirty
The mother washes the dirty child.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Own fieldwork 1990
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