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| + | In most cases the words of a sentence can be placed in any order, yet the lack of case markings for subject vs object creates a few impossibilities when translating into Delang. | ||
| + | # Inanimate object cannot be [[w:agent (grammar)|agent]] of a sentence.<br/>A work around exist for this problem, as pronounce may be agent, even if relating to an inanimate object. For example, if you should want to translate the rather bizarre idea the a book, an inanimate object, could read a person, Alfonz, 'the book' would have to be put in a separate relative clause from the rest of the sentence: {{Law|The book, it reads Alfonz<br/>Δеліберін, ані сіті Алƒҩнс<ref>Here also applies the default word order of agent - [[w:verb|]] - [[w:patient (grammar)|patient]].</ref>}} | ||
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== Noun phrases == | == Noun phrases == | ||
== Verb phrases == | == Verb phrases == | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 23 March 2013
Word order relates to how words are placed within a sentence, and in which order words are placed within substructures of sentences.
Sentences
In most cases the words of a sentence can be placed in any order, yet the lack of case markings for subject vs object creates a few impossibilities when translating into Delang.
- Inanimate object cannot be agent of a sentence.
A work around exist for this problem, as pronounce may be agent, even if relating to an inanimate object. For example, if you should want to translate the rather bizarre idea the a book, an inanimate object, could read a person, Alfonz, 'the book' would have to be put in a separate relative clause from the rest of the sentence:
| The book, it reads Alfonz Δеліберін, ані сіті Алƒҩнс[1] |
