is: SV if intransitive, e.g. "The frog jumps", "I am crying" (I cry AUXILIARY), "My child is sick" (my child is-sick) SOV if transitive (assuming that both arguments are present as noun phrases in the utterance), e.g. "The tiger ate the man" (tiger man ate), "Nora speaks Rama" (Nora Rama language speaks), Nah tausung saiming kuaakar "I have one dog" (I dog one have). Other sentence elements (in bold here) may be placed: in front of the verb: "The lizard walks on the ground", "The scorpion bites with its tail", "They came to the island", "There are many houses on the island", "Speak with me!", "I grew up on the south side", "I don't want to go for water", "He caught a big fish with a hook", "The tiger came out every morning". at the end of the sentence (i.e. after the verb): "We are learning Rama with Nora", "My mother lives in this house with me", "The man kills the wari with a lance", "Can you sew a dress like mine?", "My father brings the silkgrass into the house", "when he brings the tongs into the house", "when the oil comes out of the pot". or at the beginning of the sentence: "I was born on Rama Cay", "She took the child inside the hole", "They put the oil in the empty pot", "Tomorrow I will cook meat". Clausal elements (i.e. those containing a verb) usually follow the main verb, e.g. "I am going to plant corn", "I am looking for meat to buy", "They are happy when they hear about the manatee". Questions Yes/no questions take the same form as the corresponding statement, e.g. "Is your house big?", "Do you live on Rama Cay?", "Do you speak Rama?", "Have you a sister?", "Can you sew a dress like mine?" Such questions may be answered using "Yes" or "No". Some question words (sometimes called wh-words): Question words may be preceded by another sentence constituent as topic, e.g. "Who took the child?" (child who took), "And you, where do you live?" (you, where live). However, question words generally stand at the beginning of the sentence: "Where do you live?" (where you live), "Where does the wari live?" (where wari lives), "Where is Nora's house?" (where Nora GENITIVE house stay), "Where is he/she going?" (where he/she goes), "Where is his/her father going?" (where his/her father goes), "Who speaks our Rama language?"