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This page gives an extensive description of ''' | This page gives an extensive description of '''Proto-Alri syntactical''' features. | ||
==Main clause and word order== | ==Main clause and word order== | ||
Proto-Alri is an almost strictly '''SOV''' (''Subject-Object-Verb'') language. | |||
'''ṫiʡek̇ə laje majrow''' | |||
<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 construct''. | |||
'''sopa wī́roli lī́lop''' | |||
<small>the dog is seen by the man</small> | |||
The indirect object tends to be placed '' | 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'': when infinitival forms, as nominal forms of the verbs, take a direct object, are regarded as an expression of belonging, and the direct object is declined in the ''ablative'' case. | |||
'''sopašu lī́lopiñɑme ʔī́sow''' | |||
<small>I do not see the dog.</small> | |||
Moreover, as it can been seen in the example above, when an infinitival form is governed by a modal verb or by the negative verb ʔī́sɑme, the infinitive is always placed before the conjugated modal form. | |||
Revision as of 03:11, 15 April 2025
- Main article: Proto-Alri
This page gives an extensive description of Proto-Alri syntactical features.
Main clause and word order
Proto-Alri is an almost strictly SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) language.
ṫiʡek̇ə laje majrow 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 marks the so-called passive construct.
sopa wī́roli lī́lop 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.
A peculiar feature is the verbal infinitival agreement: when infinitival forms, as nominal forms of the verbs, take a direct object, are regarded as an expression of belonging, and the direct object is declined in the ablative case.
sopašu lī́lopiñɑme ʔī́sow I do not see the dog.
Moreover, as it can been seen in the example above, when an infinitival form is governed by a modal verb or by the negative verb ʔī́sɑme, the infinitive is always placed before the conjugated modal form.
