▁of ▁word ▁order . ▁  ▁ ▁The ▁only ▁exception ▁to ▁that ▁rule ▁is ▁the ▁sentence ▁which ▁has ▁predicate ▁initial ▁structure ▁where ▁the ▁verb ▁is ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁N P , ▁as ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁example :" ts is á x ▁t ʃ u : ▁w á ▁mat ▁ta ʃ t uts á ▁t sam á : ▁t á ʔ o ▁( Ch .) ▁now ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁morning ▁the ▁old ▁woman ▁came ▁by " There ▁is ▁no ▁firm   ▁order ▁for ▁SO ▁or ▁OS ▁but ▁when ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁N P s ▁( n oun ▁phr ases ) ▁people ▁commonly ▁use ▁V SO ▁order .   ▁A ▁sentence ▁such ▁as ▁“ t ú ks li ▁Pedro ▁Juan ” ▁is ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁understood ▁as ▁“ P ed ro ▁hit ▁Juan ,” ▁and ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁taken ▁as ▁“ J uan ▁hit ▁Pedro .” ▁Ver bs ▁normally ▁appear ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁sentence ▁but ▁a ▁focused ▁subject ▁may ▁appear ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁verb ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁sentences :" ts am á : ▁is ’ á ta ▁anim á : <0xC9> <0xAC> ▁x a : ▁tu : ▁sk at k ut ún ▁ ▁the ▁animal ' s ▁child ▁doesn ' t ▁want ▁to ▁learn ▁anything " ▁ ▁tu : ▁t sam á : ▁ka : li : ▁t amp á : ▁t aw an án ▁ ▁those ▁( anim als ) ▁that ▁you ▁are ▁bringing ▁eat ▁people " The ▁previous ▁examples ▁are ▁often ▁encountered ▁in ▁narr atives