Syntax
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Word Order
The standard word order of Veikalo is OSV.
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TSe
Tsë
SID
sid
HUL
hul
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‘They like me.’
Adjectives
Adjectives always go before nouns.
BANA
bana
ITKOLAD
itkolad
‘the big house’
Adverbs
Adverbs always go after verbs.
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KOLD
Kold
SUV
suv
BoRA
büra
DYK
dük
eXT
ëct
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‘He happily ate the food.’
Auxiliary verbs, however, always go before the verb.
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KOLD
Kold
SEK
sek
UDU
udu
BYRA
büra
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‘You should eat the food.’
Adpositions
Adpositions always go after nouns, making them postpositions.
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DJAN
Dyan
INUK
inuk
Se
së
LeSO
lëso
BEF
beth
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‘I am sitting on a rock.’
Possesion
See: Possesion.