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Order #3 probably works best in an SVO language, since the /e/ functions as a verb.  (This means it would need the tense prefix on.)  Orer #1 goes best with the proto-language and all the other languages in the world, since those are SOV.
Order #3 probably works best in an SVO language, since the /e/ functions as a verb.  (This means it would need the tense prefix on.)  Orer #1 goes best with the proto-language and all the other languages in the world, since those are SOV.
It is possible that order #2 would mean "the man used ''a'' knife".

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What is the Baywatch word order for "the man used his knife"? Is it

  1. si ppē si e
    The man, he used knife
  2. si ppē e
    The man used knife
  3. si ppē e si
    The man used his knife

There are no precedents to follow in other languages because they did not have this word order.


Order #3 probably works best in an SVO language, since the /e/ functions as a verb. (This means it would need the tense prefix on.) Orer #1 goes best with the proto-language and all the other languages in the world, since those are SOV.

It is possible that order #2 would mean "the man used a knife".