Datapoint Louisiana Creole/Order of subject, object, and verb

Values

Subject-verb-object (SVO)

Example 53-1:
Bouki trape banjo-la.
Bouki
Bouki
trape
grab
<banjo>-la.
banjo-art.def.sg
Bouki grabbed the banjo.

Source: Neumann 1985: 409

Example 53-2:
Mo garson achte en bel lalyans pou so kalin.
Mo
1sg.poss
garson
son
achte
buy.pst
en
art.indf
bel
pretty
lalyans
wedding.ring
pou
for
so
3sg.poss.
kalin.
girlfriend
My son bought a pretty wedding ring for his girlfriend.

Source: Valdman et al. 1998: 35

Confidence:
Very certain