Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Various-word-orders-in-various-languages
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This lesson is about word orders, which can be mainly divided into six types, with smaller differences inside each type.
S represents subject, O represents object, V represents verb.
SOV and SVO take the most proportions, each accounting for about 2/5.
There can be more than one order in a language, the listed are just the most common cases.
Note that in some languages the pronouns are omitted. The person is indicated by conjugation.
- Example sentence 1 has a subject, a verb.
- Example sentence 2 has a subject, a verb, a direct object.
- Example sentence 3 has a subject, a verb, a direct object, an indirect object.
SOV language | example 1 | example 2 | example 3 |
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Hindi | वह जाएगी। | मुझे एक इमारत दिखाई देती है। | तुमने उसे कलम दे दी। |
Japanese | 彼女が行きます。 | 私は建物を見る。 | あなたは彼にペンを与えた。 |
Korean | 그녀가 갈거야. | 나는 건물을 본다. | 당신은 그에게 펜을 줬다. |
Iranian Persian | .او خواهد رفت | .من یک ساختمان را می بینم | .شما به او یک قلم دادید |
Standard Arabic | .سوف تذهب | .مبنى أرى | .قلما أعطيته |
Turkish | O gidecek. | Bir bina görüyorum. | Ona bir kalem verdin. |
SVO language | example 1 | example 2 | example 3 |
Afrikaans | Sy sal gaan. | Ek sien 'n gebou. | Jy het vir hom 'n pen gegee. |
Belarusian | Яна пойдзе. | Бачу будынак. | Ты даў яму ручку. |
Czech | Ona půjde. | Vidím budovu. | Dal jsi mu pero. |
Danish | Hun vil gå. | Jeg ser en bygning. | Du gav ham en kuglepen. |
Dutch | Ze zal gaan. | Ik zie een gebouw. | Je gaf hem een pen. |
English | She will go. | I see a building. | You gave him a pen. |
Esperanto | Ŝi iros. | Mi vidas konstuaĵon. | Vi donis al li plumon. |
Finnish | Hän tulee menemään. | Näen rakennuksen. | Annoit hänelle kynän. |
French | Elle ira. | Je vois un bâtiment. | Vous lui avez donné un stylo. |
German | Sie wird gehen. | Ich sehe ein Gebäude. | Du gabst ihm einen Stift. |
Hebrew | .היא תלך | .אני רואה בניין | .נתת לו עט |
Hungarian | Menni fog. | Egy épületet látok. | Adtál neki egy tollat. |
Icelandic | Hún mun fara. | Ég sé byggingu. | Þú gafst honum penna. |
Italian | Lei andrà. | Vedo un edificio. | Gli hai dato una penna. |
Lithuanian | Ji eis. | Matau pastatą. | Tu davei jam rašiklį. |
Mandarin Chinese | 她會去。/她会去。 | 我看到一座建築物。/我看到一座建筑物。 | 你給他一支鋼筆。/你给他一支钢笔。 |
Modern Greek | Θα πάει. | Βλέπω ένα κτίριο. | Του έδωσες ένα στυλό. |
Norwegian | Hun vil gå. | Jeg ser en bygning. | Du ga ham en penn. |
Polish | Ona pójdzie. | Widzę budynek. | Dałeś mu długopis. |
Portugese | Ela vai. | Eu vejo um prédio. | Você deu a ele uma caneta. |
Russian | Она пойдет. | Я вижу здание. | Вы дали ему ручку. |
Spanish | Ella irá. | Veo un edificio. | Le diste una pluma. |
Standard Estonian | Ta läheb. | Ma näen hoonet. | Sa andsid talle pastaka. |
Standard Latvian | Viņa ies. | Es redzu ēku. | Tu iedevi viņam pildspalvu. |
Swedish | Hon kommer att gå. | Jag ser en byggnad. | Du gav honom en penna. |
Ukranian | Вона піде. | Я бачу будівлю. | Ти дав йому ручку. |
Vietnamese | Cô ấy sẽ đi. | Tôi thấy một tòa nhà. | Bạn đưa cho anh một cây bút. |
VSO language | example 1 | example 2 | example 3 |
Filipino | Pupunta siya. | Nakikita ko ang isang gusali. | Binigyan mo siya ng panulat. |
Irish | Beidh sí ag dul. | Feicim foirgneamh. | Thug tú peann air. |
Welsh | Bydd hi'n mynd. | Gwelaf adeilad. | Rhoddodd eich ysgrifbin iddo. |
VOS language | example 1 | example 2 | example 3 |
Malagasy | Handeha izy. | Nahita tranobe iray aho. | Nomenao penina izy. |
OSV language | example 1 | example 2 | example 3 |
OVS language | example 1 | example 2 | example 3 |
More information
Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_order
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Languages_by_word_order