[3][page needed] Syllables in Maká may be of types V, VC, CV, CCV, and CCVC.
[3][page needed] The following two examples show intransitive verbs from conjugation classes 1 and 3.
[8] łe-ts-ikfex2.SUBJ-1SG.OBJ-bitełe-ts-ikfex2.SUBJ-1SG.OBJ-bite'you bite me'xi-yi-łin1PL.INCL.OBJ-3-savexi-yi-łin1PL.INCL.OBJ-3-save'he/she saves us (inclusive)'Verbs in Maká have a series of suffixes called 'postpositions' in Gerzenstein (1995), which have the effect of introducing new oblique objects into the sentence.
[9] e-li-ts2-child-PLłe-xiła’3-heade-li-ts łe-xiła’2-child-PL 3-head'your children’s head'Noun phrases show the order (Demonstrative) (Numeral) (Adjective) N.[10] Ne’DEM.Fefuwomant-aqhay-etsS.3-buy-towardne’DEM.PLikwetxułfourfo’whitetiptip-itshorse-PLNe’ efu t-aqhay-ets ne’ ikwetxuł fo’ tiptip-itsDEM.F woman S.3-buy-toward DEM.PL four white horse-PL’The woman bought four white horses.’The basic word order for a transitive clause in Maká is subject–verb–object, as seen in the following example.
[12] Wapirestne'DEM.Fefu.womanWapi ne' efu.rest DEM.F woman'The woman rests'In yes–no questions, the usual subject–verb–object order changes to verb-subject-object following an initial particle me.
Maká has a very small inventory of question words, with only three members: łek 'who, what', pan 'which, where, how many', and inhats'ek 'why'.