Basic Sentence Grammar in Pravic
Sentences in tvo-Pravic are formed
with a simple set of rules. There is little scope for variation of order for topicalisation. The rules are: ·
Adjectives immediately follow the noun they
qualify. ·
Adverbs immediately follow the verb they
qualify. ·
The logical object of the sentence is the
first noun in the sentence. Because the verb is passive, this logical object
is the grammatical subject of the sentence. ·
The verb follows the logical object. ·
Indirect objects follow the verb,
if any are present. If there is more than one
then they can occur in any order; but the most relevant occur first. Indirect
objects always have adpositional prefixes. ·
The grammatical direct object (the logical subject)
follows the indirect objects, or the verb if there are no indirect objects.
Grammatical direct objects do not have adpositional prefixes. A typical Pravic sentence structure would be: |
Sentential Words
Some words, like yes
and no, can act as a complete
sentential utterance. These words can take prefixes. For instance, yes is Tys, and no
is maTys
(sometimes miTys
or moTys).
Adverbs and Adjectives can also act as sentential utterances. So careful! is PRemu!;
and a valid response to the question what
colour is the book? (aPilil Pone
Sacheln?) is Romy. Conjunctions
Conjunctions act in three roles: to link words of similar type
together; to link phrases of similar type together; and to link whole
sentences. They therefore work similarly to English. They always have the
same form. A list of conjunctions is given here. |