Re: deeply embedded VSO nightmare

En réponse à David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>:

>
>     Uhhh...what?  Is this true?
>
> binti taDhab ila alqaahIRa
>
> My girl goes to Cairo.
>
> SVO
>
> Could you say: taDhab binti ila alqaahIRa?
>
I've learned that it was THE correct order, at least in Classical Arabic. The
order you gave means to me: "my girl who goes to Cairo..." though normally with
definite nouns you need a relative pronoun. But take an indefinite noun and it
works.

In the examples I remember of spoken Arabic, VSO was still the dominant word
order.

Christophe.

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