Re: V2 languages
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 29, 1999, 0:38 |
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Sally Caves wrote:
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> Do V2 languages regularly front the object like that?
> In other words, OVS?
>
> Cel il verinyn elry atwa
> "In the park did I walk"
> In the park PAST I walk.
No, you could also say "Yesterday did I walk in the park" or "Yesterday
have I seen the man", as I understand it.
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