分析题

Basic word order for English is Subject-Verb-Object, as in “Gorillas eat bananas”. For the following language, isolate and identify the different words and determine what the basic word order is.

a. Lii dzaaneez yiztal                 “The horse kicked the mule.”
b. Dzaaneez lii yiztal                 “The mule kicked the horse.”
c. Ashkii at'eed yiztsos              “The boy kissed the girl.”
d. At'eed ashkii yiztsos             “The girl kissed the boy.”
e. Ashkii lii yo'i                          “The boy saw the horse.”

【正确答案】

horse:____lii____
mule:____dzaaneez____
boy:____ashkii____
girl:____at'eed___
kicked:____yiztal____
kissed:____yiztsos____
saw:____yo'I____
Basic word order:____Subject-Object-Verb____

【答案解析】