Foħθīrix syntax

Main article: Foħθīrix

This page gives an extensive description of Foħθīrix syntactical features.

Main clause and word order

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

θihex laže mārū 
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 passivizing construct.

laže θihex mārū
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.

ǧenex lažešu sūhe xoħu / ǧenex sūhe lažešu xoħu
the man gives the dog bread / the man gives bread to the dog