Word Order

Basic, unmarked word order is VSO: that is, Verb Subject Object. Although other word orders can be grammatically correct, strict VSO is by far the most common sentence structure. Subject and object(s) are separated by ne. The ne is required before all objects, even if the subject is only implicitly given.

For those who understand regular expressions from computer programming, here is the structure of an Asha'ille sentence:

As shown above, any number of modifiying phrases may be included after the core sentence structure. They must be marked for which word they modify, as exampled in the Modifiers section below.

Subjects

Multiple subjects for one verb (as would be joined with and in English) are listed serially in Asha'ille. If only two subjects are given, there is usually no comma separating them.

Objects

Asha'ille doesn't distinguish between direct and indirect objects except by context. If only one or the other is used in a sentence, context determines its relation to the verb. Otherwise, both are listed as "ne <first object> ne <second object>". If one of the objects is a thing and the other is a person, the latter is often expressed on the verb; if not only on the verb with the particle -l-, then the person is listed first and the thing second. If the objects are both things or both people, then they are listed in the order given above.

By convention, some verbs take two objects instead of using an adverbial phrase for one. In these cases, ne separates each object from one another, as well.

Modifiers (Adjectives & Adverbs)

Modifiers of exactly one word come before the word they modify, otherwise they come after the core VSO and are marked for which word they modify. Note that the "modifier" category includes both adjectives and adverbs — an adverbizer prefixes the adjective for it to describe a verb, but otherwise they have the same usage.

Copular Sentences

Above, the first example requires –ith to disambiguate the adjective from a serial noun. In contrast, Jhor'apel haláin t'no means That is an apple and a tree, while Jhor'apel haláin t'nom means the slightly more sensical Those are an apple and a tree.