Basic syntax
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Basic word order
Basic word order is SVO
Subject-Verb-Object
Ex.
at
1SG
həi-pe
COP-PRS
tuh
person
‘i am a person’
Possession
Possession is marked by the genitive partive nu.
the order is as follows:
[possessed GEN possessor]
əme
that
həi-pe
COP-PRS
tuh
person
nu
GEN
hinu
object
‘that is the person's object’
Phrase order
Adjectives always come after the noun they modify.
ɸɛpa
tree
ʂɾəɾa
big
həi-pe
COP-PRS
ɸeβaɾ
green
‘the big tree is green’
Difference between dɛa and nu
dɛa translates directly to english "of", except when "of" marks possession.
nu is exclusively for possession marking.
Usage examples
ɸɛpa
tree
həi-pe
COP-PRS
dpɛə
full
dɛa
MAT
beɸət-m
fruit-PL
‘the tree is full of fruits’
əme
that
beanta
house
həi-pe
COP-PRS
at
1SG
nu
GEN
beanta
house
‘that house is my house’