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CHAPTER XXXXI
337. The normal order of words in a senternce is as follows :-
  1. Intransitive Verbs


    2. (i) Subject Verb

    ܡ

    (ii) Subject Predicative word Verb

    ܽۛ ܺ ۾

  2. Transitive Verbs-

    3. (i) Subject Object Verb

    ť ۾

    (ii) Subject Object Predicative word Verb referring to the Object

    ܏ ܽ ܽۛ ܽ ܿ ܛܡ

  3. Transitive Verbs with two objects

Subject Secondary object Primary object Verb

ܿ ܽ ܾţ ܽ ܇ ڇ

  1. Adjectives are placed immediately before the Noun which they qualify (except, of course, when they are used as Predicative words) :
    2. ܽ ܡ; ܽ ܺÁ ܾţ ܽ  ܡ ڇ But ܽۛ ۺ ܺ ۾

  2. Nouns having and Pronouns having - are adjectival and are placed immediately befoer the related Noun, or before its Adjective, if there is one:

    3. ܟ ܽ ܃ ܡ : ܾܽ ܺܣ (܃) ܝ ܁ But ܝ ܟ ۾ (Predicative).

  3. Adverbs are usually placed before the Verb:

    4. ܟ ۾,

    ܏ ڣ ܽ

  4. Nouns having ܽ and denoting means, instrument etc., or separation precede the object.

    5. ܈ ܽ ť ܒܽ,

    ܏ܣ ܽ ť ܡ

  5. Nouns having ܽ or ܣ are usually placed before the Verb (or before a predicative word, if any):

    6. ܽ ܣ ۣ ܽ ۾,

    ܝ ܽ ܣ ۾,

    ܣ ܥ ܽ ܾܣ ۺ.

  6. , and are generally placed immediately before the Verb :

    7. ܟ ţ,

    ܜ ܃,

    ōܽ ť ܂ܽ.

    But sometimes otherwise as well : ܽ ; ܟ ܽ ţ .

  7. The particles , ܽ, etc. are placed after the word which they emphasize:
ť ܡ ۻ `I have come only yesterday',
ܺ ܽ ܘ ܥܽ `you also come with me',
ܺ ܽ ܘ ܥܽ `do come with me'.
  1. A word shifted from its normal position qcquires emphasis :
ܜ ܃ `please don't go there',
ܜ ܃ `please don't go there',
ܟ ۾ `Ram lives here',
ܟ ۾ `here lives Ram',
܈ ܽ ť ܒܽ `cut the fruit with the knife',
or `cut the fruit with the knife',
ܝ ܽ ܣ ۾ `the book is on he table',
ܽ ܣ ܝ ۾ `on the table, there is a book',
  1. The interrogative ơ is usually placed at the beginning of the sentence.
ơ ܟ ܏ܣ ܡ ۾? `has Ram gone to the market',
ơ ܜ ܺ܈ ܁ ܽ ۾? `do you want to read this book?'

Rhetorically, or for the sake of emphasis, ơ may be placed immediately after the subject or at the end of the sentence :

ܟ ơ ܏ܣ ܡ ۾ ? `has Ram gone to the market ?'
ܟ ܏ܣ ܡ ۾ ơ ? `has Ram gone to the market?'
ܜ ܺ܈ ܁ ܽ ơ? `do you want to read this book?'