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|.<span style="color:red">من </span><span style="color:green">دو </span><span style="color:violet">ساختمان </span><span style="color:blue">بزرگ </span><span style="color:indigo">سفید </span><span style="color:orange">دیدم </span>
|.<span style="color:red">من</span> <span style="color:green">دو</span> <span style="color:violet">ساختمان</span> <span style="color:blue">بزرگ</span> <span style="color:indigo">سفید</span> <span style="color:orange">دیدم</span>
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Revision as of 21:23, 23 June 2017

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This lesson is about word orders, which can be mainly divided into six types, with small differences inside each type. Here are some examples.

S means subject, O means object, V means verb.

SOV and SVO are the most popular, accounting for about 4/10 each.

There can be more than one order in a language, the listed are just the most common cases.

SOV Language Example sentence 1
Japanese 私は2つの大きな白い建物見た
Korean 나는 2 개의 하얀 건물을 보았다.
Persian .من دو ساختمان بزرگ سفید دیدم
Turkish Iki büyük beyaz bina gördüm.
SVO Language Example sentence 1
Chinese 看到了两座白色。/看到了兩座白色
English I saw two big white buildings.
Esperanto Mi vidis du grandajn blankajn konstruaĵojn.
French J'ai vu deux grands bâtiments blancs.
German Ich sah zwei große weiße Gebäude.
Itanlian Ho visto due grandi edifici bianchi.
Portugese Eu vi dois grandes edifícios brancos.
Russian Я увидел два больших белых здания.
Spanish Vi dos grandes edificios blancos.
VSO Language Example sentence 1
Arabic .رأيت مبنيين أبيض كبيرين
Irish Chonaic dhá fhoirgneamh bán mór.
Welsh Gwelais ddau adeilad mawr gwyn.
VOS Language Example sentence 1
OSV Language Example sentence 1
OVS Language Example sentence 1

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