Complements and How To Represent Them.
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Subject Complement (S.C.): At the beginning of the sentence, followed by the copulative verb.
Aalada bieot eotta (She is uncomfortable) ⮕ The S.C. being Aalada and the subject eotta.
Direct Object (D.O.): At the beginning of the sentence, followed by the verb.
Uon brontu saarattoel (I have an idea) ⮕ The D.O. being Uon brontu and the verb saarattoel.
Indirect Object (I.O.): We can either use object pronouns or the preposition O, which means 'for' or 'to'.
O hotta aababil cratteot eot (He hunts the animal) ⮕ The I.O. being O hotta aababil.
Circumstancial Complement (C.C.): We can either use the preposition O from before, which generally means destination, or other prepositions like Ol, 'in', El, 'on', etc.