Adûnaic follows the same word order as English, the formation Subject – Verb – Object still predominant despite the differences in grammar. However, as an agglutinative language, there are multiple pieces of a sentence that are instead ordered and affixed around a word rather than the sentence, akin to layers of an onion. A basic picture of the main affixes and some important modifying words and their priority of placement shown below:
{2}[verb mood/miscellaneous] << {1}[prenominal prefix] << {0}[BASE WORD] >> {1} [postposition (i.e. preposition)] >> {2}[number][1] >> {3}[possessive pronoun]
[1]. If a number is present, it is placed after the word and all its suffixes it is modifying rather than before.
Example: (look at numbers to see the priorities)
Aphanuzîrun, dulgu balîk0-mâ1 hazad2, magga thâni0-dalad1 ahhû3 bênî-‘n Zigûr.
Elendil, with seven black ships, built his kingdom against the servants of the Wizard.