Lesson 5 — Subject and object nouns in the same sentence  

Two lessons ago you learned about subject nouns. They usually come after the verb:
s–cc ha w "the knife is sharp" the knife is sharp  
  s–i–axutiwil ha eneq "the two women are talking" the two women are talking
  ini–s–tasn ha spey "the flower is not red" his hair is white
  s–owow ha s–oqwon "his hair is white"
In the last lesson you learned about object nouns.  
They usually come after the verb too.
  s–uxmaniwon ha s–pu "she's washing her hands" she's washing her hands  
  s–aqmil ha o "it's drinking water" he's not touching the ball
  ini––telmemen ha apap "he's not touching the ball"
 
Since both nouns come after the verb, what happens when you spell out both a subject and an object noun? For this scenario do you get the boy finds a knife
  –it ha ii ha w    
or –it ha w ha ii    
The object noun is more closely tied to the verb, so it follows the verb more closely. The subject noun comes after the object, so the proper word order is
  –it ha w ha ii   the man sees a bird  
Here are more examples:   the deer is drinking water
  s–skuti ha wic ha hy "the man sees a bird"
  s–aqmil ha o ha w "the deer is drinking water" the man holds his child
  –uli ha –itn ha hy "the man holds his child" the woman is washing her hai
  s–uxmaniwon ha s–oqwon ha eneq "the woman is washing her hair"
       

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