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Order of subject, object, and verb
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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 51-1:
Piè ka manjé poul.
Piè
Peter
ka
prog
manjé
eat
poul.
chicken
Peter is eating chicken.
Source:
Damoiseau 1999
Example 51-2:
I pran liv-la.
I
he
pran
take
liv-la.
book-
def
He took the book.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Martinican Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Language:
Martinican Creole
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Damoiseau 1999
: 16
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