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- Main article: Jeʂtəra
This page gives an extensive description of Jeʂtəra syntactical features.
Main clause and word order
Jeʂtəra is a mainly VSO (Verb-Subject-Object) language.
līloṕət́ līroliə sopa the man sees the dog
Sono però presente alcune tracce che indicano come VSO non si tratti di una conservazione dell’ordine dei costituenti originario del Proto-Piti, ma di uno sviluppo successivo ad un ordine di base di tipo SOV. Tra queste tracce troviamo la posizione dell’avverbio negativo e della forma infinitivale quando è retta da altri verbi.
līloṕət́ līroliə sopa ʔīs the man does not see 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 VOS (Verb-Object-Subject), which marks the so-called passive construction.
līloṕ sopa līroliə 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 after the direct object of the sentence.
