Editing Russenorsk (section)

==Grammar==
One of the characteristics differentiating the pidgin from [[jargon]] is its grammar; however, Russenorsk did not go through tertiary hybridization.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Velupillai|first=Viveka|title="Theories on the formation processes of pidgins" In Pidgins, Creoles & Mixed Languages edited by Miriam Meyerhoff and Umberto Ansaldo|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|year=2015|isbn=978-90-272-5271-5|location=Amsterdam, Philadelphia|pages=132–169}}</ref>{{r|Germanics}} Russenorsk is mainly influenced by Norwegian grammar, leading some to conclude that it is a variant of Norwegian with some Russian influence.<ref name=Kortlandt>{{cite web | url = http://www.kortlandt.nl/publications/art197e.pdf| title = On Russenorsk| last1= Kortlandt | first1=Frederik| access-date = 2011-11-01}}</ref>

A lack of [[metalinguistic awareness]] amongst Russenorsk speakers may have led them to believe they were speaking the language of their interlocutor; that is, that Russians believed they were speaking Norwegian and vice versa.{{r|Kortlandt}}

There are no clear verb conjugations. The main indication of a verb is the suffix {{lang|crp|-om}}, for example, {{lang|crp|kapitan på kajuta slipom}} (the captain is asleep in his cabin). Nominative nouns usually end with {{lang|crp|-a}}.{{r|Kortlandt}} Conjunctions used to make compound sentences or dependent clauses are {{lang|crp|ja}}, {{lang|crp|i}}, and {{lang|crp|jes}}. {{lang|crp|Kak}} is used as an interrogative word. The general word order is [[Subject–verb–object|SVO]], with some alterations for questions and sentences with adverbs.<ref name=Belikov>{{cite web | url = http://www.philol.msu.ru/~otipl/new/main/articles/belikov/vib-russenorsk.doc| title = Some Fragments of Russenorsk Grammar| last1=Belikov |first1=Vladimir | access-date = 2011-11-01}}</ref>

{{lang|crp|På}} is used as the only preposition for the [[oblique case]]:{{r|Russenorsk}}
*For possession: {{lang|crp|klokka på ju}} ('your watch')
*For location: {{lang|crp|mala penge på lamma}} ('little money in the pocket'), and {{lang|crp|principal på sjib?}} ('Is the captain aboard the ship?')
*For temporal relation: {{lang|crp|på morradag}} ('tomorrow'), {{lang|crp|på gammel ras}} ('last year').
*For direction: {{lang|crp|moja tvoja på vater kasstom}} ('I will throw you in the water'), {{lang|crp|nogoli dag tvoja reisa på Arkangel otsuda?}} ('How many days did you travel from here [to get] to Arkhangelsk?'), {{lang|crp|på Arkangel reisom}} ('go to Arkhangelsk').

===Morphology===
Russenorsk does not have extensive morphology, but has some unique characteristics. The ending {{lang|mis|-om}} does not come from Russian nor Norwegian, but it may come from [[Solombala English]].{{r|Germanics}} The ending {{lang|mis|-mann}}, from Norwegian, is used to indicate nationality or profession, for example {{lang|crp|russmann}} ('Russian'), {{lang|crp|burmann}} ('Norwegian'), or {{lang|crp|kukmann}} ('trader'). Other morphological features are [[reduplication]], such as {{lang|crp|morra-morradag}} ('after tomorrow'), and [[Compound (linguistics)|compounding]], such as {{lang|crp|kua}} ('cow') and {{lang|crp|sjorta}} ('shirt') to {{lang|crp|kuasjorta}} ('cowhide').{{r|Russenorsk}}

===Syntax===
One characteristic syntactical attribute of Russenorsk is the tendency to move the verb to the final position when the sentence has adverbs. This is found in neither Russian nor Norwegian.{{r|Germanics}} Another is that the negator ({{lang|no|ikke}}, {{lang|ru-latn|njet}}) precedes the verb, but can be separated from the verb. This is unlike negation in either Russian or Norwegian, but it may have come from Finnish, in which this syntax was probable.{{r|Belikov}} Moreover, the use of barter-focused language established frequent use of interrogative speech in sentences.<ref name=":1"/>