subject–verb–object (Q8424)
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sentence structure where the subject comes 1st, the verb 2nd, the object 3rd (e.g. “I ate a pie”); the default word order in English as well as Cantonese, French, Hausa, Italian, Malay, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, etc.
- subject-verb-object
- SVO
- SVO language
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | subject–verb–object |
sentence structure where the subject comes 1st, the verb 2nd, the object 3rd (e.g. “I ate a pie”); the default word order in English as well as Cantonese, French, Hausa, Italian, Malay, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, etc. |
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