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Order of subject, object, and verb
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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 57-1:
ma vwa kas sa le ŋgra
ma
1sg
vwa
see
kas
house
sa
rel
le
si
ŋgra
big
I see the big house.
Example 57-57:
njo le mwaʃe pa: sa le vje
njo
woman
le
pm
mwaʃe
eat
pa:
bread
sa
rel
le
si
vje
old
The woman eats some old bread.
Example 57-119:
tule per-la, sola koma:se fer tule leŋglis partu
tule
pl
per-la,
Father-
dem
/
def
sola
3pl
koma:se
begin
fer
make
tule
pl
leŋglis
church
partu
everywhere
The Fathers began to construct churches everywhere.
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 237
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Language:
Tayo
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
own knowledge Ehrhart; VIanney Wamytan Josiane Decoire, p.c. (2006)
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