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==Syntax==

Húsnorsk has relatively free word order, outside of requiring V2, allowing nouns to appear anywhere in the sentence as long as they're marked correctly.

These following examples will serve to illustrate sentence construction in Húsnorsk. (subject in yellow, verb in blue, object in red).

:'''''mannvjódinn vą 1.500 '''''—''The population was 1,500''

In this example, the word order matches English relatively well, but we see "vą" ("was") in the second position.

In this next example, we see it break away from English order, with the verb still occupying V2 position.

:'''''árit 2000 vą mannvjódinn 1.500'''''—''In 2000, the population was 1,500'' (lit. ''The year 2000 was the population 1,500'')

The prepositional phrase "árit 2000" (in green) counts as a single unit, thus the verb must come after 2000 rather than árit.

Unlike Icelandic, V2 order has no exceptions, as SV inversion isn't used for yes/no questions. In the following example, you'll see one method of question marking:

:'''''Ari havi sút''''' — Ari is hungry (lit. ''Ari has hunger'')

and when turned into a question:

:'''''Ari havi sút'''''? — Is Ari hungry? (lit. ''Ari has hunger?'')

Here you see the most common form of question, one without grammatical change, these use a rising vocal intonation as their marking (or a question mark in writing).

Another method is SO inversion, as in:

:'''''sút havi Ari'''''? — Is Ari hungry? (lit. ''Hunger has Ari?'')

Something important you'll notice here is the use of "to have" where "to be" is used in other Germanic languages, this is a feature of Húsnorsk where permanent attributes use "to be" while temporary states use "to have", thus:

:Ari er sǿ — Ari is happy (Ari is ''always'' happy)

:Ari havi sǿd — Ari is happy (Ari is happy right now)

This system is, in a way, similar to Spanish's two copulas.

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 ==Syntax==
+Húsnorsk has relatively free word order, outside of requiring V2, allowing nouns to appear anywhere in the sentence as long as they're marked correctly.
+These following examples will serve to illustrate sentence construction in Húsnorsk. (subject in yellow, verb in blue, object in red).
+:'''''<span style="color:black"><span style="background-color:#fad67d">mannvjódinn</span> <span style="background-color:#abd5f5">vą</span> <span style="background-color:#ff9090"> 1.500</span> </span>'''''—''The population was 1,500''
+In this example, the word order matches English relatively well, but we see "vą" ("was") in the second position.
+In this next example, we see it break away from English order, with the verb still occupying V2 position.
+:'''''<span style="color:black"><span style="background-color:#90ff90">árit 2000</span> <span style="background-color:#abd5f5">vą</span> <span style="background-color:#fad67d">mannvjódinn</span> <span style="background-color:#ff9090">1.500</span></span>'''''—''In 2000, the population was 1,500'' (lit. ''The year 2000 was the population 1,500'')
+The prepositional phrase "árit 2000" (in green) counts as a single unit, thus the verb must come after 2000 rather than árit.
+Unlike Icelandic, V2 order has no exceptions, as SV inversion isn't used for yes/no questions. In the following example, you'll see one method of question marking:
+:'''''Ari havi sút''''' — Ari is hungry (lit. ''Ari has hunger'')
+and when turned into a question:
+:'''''Ari havi sút'''''? — Is Ari hungry? (lit. ''Ari has hunger?'')
+Here you see the most common form of question, one without grammatical change, these use a rising vocal intonation as their marking (or a question mark in writing).
+Another method is SO inversion, as in:
+:'''''sút havi Ari'''''? — Is Ari hungry? (lit. ''Hunger has Ari?'')
+Something important you'll notice here is the use of "to have" where "to be" is used in other Germanic languages, this is a feature of Húsnorsk where permanent attributes use "to be" while temporary states use "to have", thus:
+:Ari er sǿ — Ari is happy (Ari is ''always'' happy)
+:Ari havi sǿd — Ari is happy (Ari is happy right now)
+This system is, in a way, similar to Spanish's two copulas.