diff --git a/content/eittlandic.org b/content/eittlandic.org index 3fa4c53..6067c3c 100644 --- a/content/eittlandic.org +++ b/content/eittlandic.org @@ -598,12 +598,13 @@ marking makes the sentence /fisk barn etar/ much more gruesome. Eittlandic is now a SOV language with a much stricter word order than it used to be. This is an important change since Old Eittlandic which main word order was VSO instead. For instance, here is the same -sentence in Old Eittlandic and in Standard Eittlandic. +sentence in Old Eittlandic and in Standard Eittlandic, meaning /he +carried him to some lake/. - Old Eittlandic :: Han bar hann til vatns nákkurs | han | bar | han-n | til | vatn-s | nákkur-s | | he.NOM | carry.3sg.pret | 3sg.m-ACC | to | lake-DAT | some-DAT | - Standard Eittlandic :: Han til vatn nákkur hann bar - | han | til | vatn | nákkur | hann | bar | + | han | til | vatn | nákkur | hann | bar | | 3sg.m.NOM | to | lake | some | he.ACC | carry.3sg.pret | Eittlandic still retains VSO word order in its relative and