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This page gives an extensive description of ''' | This page gives an extensive description of '''Æbbro syntactical''' features. | ||
==Main clause and word order== | ==Main clause and word order== | ||
Æbbro is an almost strictly '''SOV''' (''Subject-Object-Verb'') language. | |||
tterni woohano tuurkarom | |||
<small>the man sees the dog</small> | <small>the man sees the dog</small> | ||
The | 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''. | ||
woohano tterni tuurkarom | |||
<small>it's the dog the man sees → 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. | |||
A peculiar feature is the verbal ''infinitival agreement'': when infinitival forms, as semi-nominal forms of the verbs, have a different subject from the one of the conjugated verb, this subject is declined ''ablative'' case. | |||
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roo kaažimom taaśu mikpimeśinneti | |||
<small>I say he went away.</small> | |||
Revision as of 05:11, 13 April 2025
{main|Æbbro}} This page gives an extensive description of Æbbro syntactical features.
Main clause and word order
Æbbro is an almost strictly SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) language.
tterni woohano tuurkarom 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 construction.
woohano tterni tuurkarom it's the dog the man sees → 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 semi-nominal forms of the verbs, have a different subject from the one of the conjugated verb, this subject is declined ablative case.
roo kaažimom taaśu mikpimeśinneti I say he went away.
