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typical SOV (lemmy.world)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18281066

Least long-winded speech of Cicero

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[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

My native language is V2 SOV. I'm playing both teams and I'm always losing

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

Mine is still on version 1.0. Jk. What’s V2?

[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

If this is serious, V2 is verb second. So in main clauses, the finite verb is in second position while the rest comes at the end.

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