Basic sentence patterns in Apatani:
· subject + verb
1. Akki peedo. [dog (is) barking]
2. Ngo luchi. [I shall speak.]
· subject + direct object + verb
1. Ngo lemba chachi (I shall go to village)
2. Ngo lemba chalaa-kendo. (I can go to village)
3. Paat siibin chilo-biine. (Tiger hunted down a goat.)
· subject + direct object + object complement + verb
1. Anku hime mi imi-la-dopa kapa-biine. [Anku found the child asleep.]
· subject + indirect object + direct object + verb
1. Tapu ngiimi pen sonye-he babi. [Tapu brought me two pen.]
· subject + subject complement
1. Yubbey doctor. [Yubbey (is) a doctor.]
2. Lampung hime chikho kone. [Lampung (is) a clever boy.]
· subject + subject complement + verb
1. Lampung hime chikho do. [Lampung is a clever boy.]