Lesson 14: Putting it together§
A full sentence has a fixed order. You'll rarely use every part, and only the verb is required.
- someone you're calling, then a comma
- openers (linker, time or place or pi topic, if/when clause), each with a comma
- the particle (min, so, tin …), with genso or ba in front if needed
- nun
- kon and how you know
- the subject
- small operator words, manni, then sin/le/buntu
- the verb (or verb + verb)
- who gets it, then what
- how (a describing word)
- relation phrases (mon, tun, se, gan, li …)
- a clause at the end (gi, don, wun …)
- a comma, then a tone word (a, buni, donon, min)
- a comma, then someone you're calling
This sentence has many of these parts: en mara, afe, kon da wan fe sin obu tun pu pi mabo, a. "Mara, yesterday she probably came to the office too, you know." In order, it has someone called, an opener, kon, the subject, fe, sin, the verb, a relation phrase and a tone word.