Editing Chuvash language (section)

===Word order===
Word order in Chuvash is generally [[subject–object–verb]]. Modifiers (adjectives and genitives) precede their heads in nominal phrases, too. The language uses postpositions,<ref>Róna-Tas 1997: 5</ref> often originating from case-declined nouns, but the governed noun is usually in the nominative, e.g. тĕп çи-не 'onto (the surface of) the ground' (even though a governed ''pronoun'' tends to be in the genitive).<ref>Павлов 2017: 352</ref> Yes/no-questions are formed with an encliticised interrogative particle -и.<ref>Павлов 2017: 386</ref> The language often uses verb phrases that are formed by combining the adverbial participle in -са and certain common verbs such as пыр 'go', çӳре 'be going',  кай 'go (away from the speaker)', кил 'go (towards the speaker)', ил 'take', кала 'say', тăр 'stand', юл 'stay', яр 'let go'; e.g. кĕрсe кай 'go entering > enter', тухса кай 'go exiting > leave'.<ref>Chuvash manual, Unit 13</ref>