Re: Poetic sentence structure?

>From: Joe <joe@...>
>Do any of your conlangs have a poetic/classical sentence structure, as in
>Zitwbata:
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>Verb The Subject Prep Dative
>
>Nipe l'aSwzud g'upo
>/nipe l?aSyzUd g?Up@u/
>begin.PST the Earth.NOM.s in fire.DAT.pl
>began the earth in fire
>(The Earth Began in Fire)
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VSOP is normal Lahabic order (but with locative):
khi'lo'son ba'llei le'malei ho'l kweunapo.
[k_hi:.%lo:.sOm."ba:l.lei %le:.m{.lei ho:l %k_w2u.n{.pO]
khi'lo's- begin
-o- IMPF REL PST
ba'l- 3rd sg inanimate pronominal mood indicator
-lei inanimate nominative suffix
le'm- world
a- inanimate nominative affix
lei inanimate nominative suffix
ho'l 'in, inside' (takes locative)
kweun- fire
-a- inanimate nominative affix
-pO inanimate locative suffix

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