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{{main|Æbbro}}
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This page gives an extensive description of '''Æbbro syntactical''' features.
This page gives an extensive description of '''Đaxi syntactical''' features.
==Main clause and word order==
==Main clause and word order==
Æbbro is an almost strictly '''SOV''' (''Subject-Object-Verb'') language.  
Đaxi is an almost strictly '''SOV''' (''Subject-Object-Verb'') language.  
   
   
  tterni woohano tuurkarom
  koβa ɣɛhu kɑɣɑkuska
  <small>the man sees the dog</small>
  <small>the man sees the dog</small>


The quite rich case system allows every other possible word order, but most of them prove to be very marked and infrequently used. The only word order with a clear role and a frequent usage is '''OSV''' (''Object-Subject-Verbs''), which marks the so-called ''passive construction''.
The quite rich case system allows every other possible word order, but most of them prove to be very marked and infrequently used. The only word order with a clear role and a frequent usage is '''OSV''' (''Object-Subject-Verbs''), which conveys a ''passive'' meaning.


  woohano tterni tuurkarom
  ɣɛhu koβa kɑɣɑkuska
  <small>it's the dog the man sees → the dog is seen by the man</small>
  <small>the dog is seen by the man</small>


The other elements in the sentence are usually placed in the order “''place-manner-cause-time''”, although they are basically freer than the main elements. An object in the dative case, when conveying the indirect object, tends to be placed ''before'' the direct object of the sentence.
The other elements in the sentence are usually placed in the order “''place-manner-cause-time''”, although they are basically freer than the main elements. An object in the dative case, when conveying the indirect object, tends to be placed ''before'' the direct object of the sentence.


A peculiar feature is the verbal ''infinitival agreement'': infinitival forms, as semi-nominal forms of the verbs, can have a different subject from the one of the conjugated verb which supports them. In this case, this subject is declined in the ''ablative'' case.
  <b>koβa pesɛ na ɣɛhu kɛpɔʎɛrmɔ</b>
 
  <small>the man gives bread to the dog</small>
  roo kaažimom taaśu mikpimeśinneti
  <small>I say he went away.</small>

Revision as of 04:39, 14 April 2025

Main article: Đaxi

This page gives an extensive description of Đaxi syntactical features.

Main clause and word order

Đaxi is an almost strictly SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) language.

koβa ɣɛhu kɑɣɑkuska 
the man sees the dog

The quite rich case system allows every other possible word order, but most of them prove to be very marked and infrequently used. The only word order with a clear role and a frequent usage is OSV (Object-Subject-Verbs), which conveys a passive meaning.

ɣɛhu koβa kɑɣɑkuska
the dog is seen by the man

The other elements in the sentence are usually placed in the order “place-manner-cause-time”, although they are basically freer than the main elements. An object in the dative case, when conveying the indirect object, tends to be placed before the direct object of the sentence.

koβa pesɛ na ɣɛhu kɛpɔʎɛrmɔ
the man gives bread to the dog