It was once believed that adverbials (except neH "only") always came at the beginning of a sentence. While this is common, the true rule is that adverbials come before the object–verb–subject portion of the sentence. Other elements, especially time expressions, may appear earlier in the sentence.

• DaHjaj nom Soppu' – Today they ate quickly. (DaHjaj – today, nom – quickly, Soppu' – they ate)

Here, the time expression DaHjaj comes first, followed by the adverbial nom. This pattern is quite common.

In certain cases, an adverbial may follow the object noun, provided that noun is marked with the topic suffix -’e’. Even though the adverbial appears after the noun, it still comes before the verb and maintains its grammatical role.

• HaqwI''e' DaH yISam – Find the SURGEON now!  (HaqwI' – surgeon, DaH – now, yISam – find him/her)

This structure places emphasis on the topicalized noun (HaqwI''e'), allowing the adverbial to follow it without breaking sentence rules.