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'eg havi ikki' og 'eg ikki havi' The negation is always after the verb? Does it change in a question? _____ *'eg havi ikki' ella 'eg ikki havi'

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I only speak another Scandinavian language and there the word order switches, depending on the type of sentence. I would infer there could be something similar going on in Faroese. You may read about the general concept here. https://www.thelocal.se/blogs/theswedishteacher/2010/03/17/word-order-part-1/
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In a primary sentence the order goes "Eg havi ikki" for example "Eg havi ikki tíð". In a secondary sentence, we change the order to "... , eg ikki havi tíð." for example "Eg sigi, at eg ikki havi tíð.".
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If you turn "Eg havi ikki tíđ!" into a question it becomes "Havi eg ikki tíđ?".
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Yes, Faroese, like Icelandic (and afaik other Nordic languages as well), has verb-second word order, meaning the verb always comes second in a sentence.

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