Cases
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S/V/DO/IO cases in Genyani allow for extremely flexible word order. The subject, verb, direct object and indirect object are marked with suffixes.
Subject: -e
Verb: -a
Direct Object: -o
Indirect Object: -u
an-e
1SG-SUBJECT
ban-a
GIVE-VERB
ad-o
3SG-DIR.OBJECT
az-u
2SG-INDIR.OBJECT
‘I gave it to you’
The words in that example can be freely rearranged into any order and still retain the original meaning.