Dhivehi and English/Contrastive Grammar

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div-eng tests

SOV Word Order

  • (div) އަހަރެން އެކަނި ދުކޮހް ލާ! → (eng) Leave me alone!

TODO: short books → livres courts

No explicit "be" except in Noun-Noun Sentences

Human/Non-human Distinction

Sentence Final -އެވެ

Future Tense Marked with Suffix

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