What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care
What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care
What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care
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Word Order is Free<br />
• Although Subject-Object-Verb is <strong>the</strong> neutral word<br />
order, <strong>the</strong>se parts of <strong>the</strong> sentence can be freely<br />
rearranged:<br />
cokria kuto io<br />
cokria io kuto<br />
kuto cokria io<br />
io cokria kuto<br />
kuto io cokria<br />
io kuto cokria<br />
SOV<br />
SVO<br />
OSV<br />
VSO<br />
OVS<br />
VOS<br />
‘The girl saw <strong>the</strong> dog.’<br />
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Pronouns:<br />
Now <strong>you</strong> see <strong>the</strong>m, now <strong>you</strong> don’t<br />
• In <strong>Sindhi</strong>, Subject pronouns are often<br />
omitted:<br />
(huua) hale-thii.<br />
“(She) leaves.”<br />
• Object pronouns can also be omitted:<br />
huna huu paaRhyo<br />
--- --- paaRhia:i:n<br />
“(He/She) (it) read.”<br />
May 2003 Jennifer Cole 28<br />
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