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Main article: Nämty

This page gives an extensive description of Nämty syntactical features.

Main clause and word order

Nämty is an almost strictly SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) language.

tiħek läty märüg 
the man sees the dog

The quite rich case system allows every other possible word order, but most of them prove to be very marked and infrequently used. The only word order with a clear role and a frequent usage is OSV (Object-Subject-Verbs), which marks the so-called passive construct.

läty tiħek märüg
the dog is seen by the man

The other elements in the sentence are usually placed in the order “time-cause-manner-place”, although they are basically freer than the main elements. AAn object in the dative case, when conveying the indirect object, can be freely placed before or after the direct object of the sentence, with a slight tendence to be placed before it.

henek lätyɕ süħe koʂɑg / henek süħe lätyɕ koʂɑg
the man gives the dog bread / the man gives bread to the dog