A pro-drop language (from "pronoun-dropping") is a language in which certain classes of pronouns may be omitted when they can be pragmatically or grammatically...

the sentence can be "dropped" in Sinhala if they can be inferred. In that sense, Sinhala can be called a "super pro-drop language", like Japanese. ex....

specific cases in many Indo-European languages such as German, Latin, or Russian. Georgian is a pro-drop language; both subject and object pronouns are...

aspect, with a moderately complex tense system. Serbo-Croatian is a pro-drop language with flexible word order, subject–verb–object being the default. It...

controlled by the pro-drop parameter, which is either on or off for a particular language.[citation needed] Typically, null-subject languages express person...

feminine (you m. sg., you f. sg., you pl., he, she, they). Amharic is a pro-drop language: neutral sentences in which no element is emphasized normally omit...

according to the gender of the noun referred to. Oromo is a subject pro-drop language. That is, neutral sentences in which the subject is not emphasized...

Deixis – Words requiring context to understand their meaning Pro-drop language – Language in which certain pronouns may sometimes be omitted Referent –...

along the same case and number morphology as nouns. Serbian is a pro-drop language, meaning that pronouns may be omitted from a sentence when their meaning...

leading to a distinctive méridional accent. Unlike French, it is a pro-drop language, allowing the omission of the subject (canti: I sing; cantas you sing)—though...

previous context or is expressed by a noun subject. Thus Hausa is a non pro-drop language. Hausa verbs are classified into 7 grades: Also note that Hausa has...

on word order, as English does), its word order is flexible. As a pro-drop language, in Czech an intransitive sentence can consist of only a verb; information...

orderings of the three basic sentence constituents. It is prolifically a pro-drop language: it allows sentences with omission of all noun phrases or independent...

nationality (vir Rōmānus "a Roman man") usually follow the noun. Latin is a pro-drop language; that is, pronouns in the subject are usually omitted except for emphasis...

grammatical structure of the language is similar to that of other West Kipchak varieties. Crimean Tatar is a pro-drop language with a generally SOV word...

parameter, some languages such as Italian and Spanish have constant pro-drop, Finnish and Hebrew for example are partial pro-drop languages and Japanese...

Зура́ба zurába Зура́ба zurába "Dear Zurab" (given name) Abkhaz is a pro-drop language. Pronouns are not inflected, and verbal agreement is generally sufficient...

subject unless it is a non-finite dependent clause). However, in a pro-drop language the subject may be a zero pronoun: the pronoun may not be explicitly...

the three persons and two numbers. Note, however, that Spanish is a pro-drop language, and so it is the norm to omit subject pronouns when not needed for...

pro-drop language with preverbal subject agreement morphemes, final pronominal subjects are deleted (or null). Example 1: Ak milenga er a ringo pro....

some languages, subject or object pronouns can be dropped in certain situations (see Pro-drop language). In particular, in a null-subject language, it...

Classical Chinese can be described as a pro-drop language: its syntax often allows either subjects or objects to be dropped when their reference is understood...

Franco-Provençal – unlike French or English – is a partially pro-drop language (null subject language), especially in the first-person singular. Masculine and...

missing referent. Chinese is an example of a pro-drop language, where both subjects and objects can be dropped from the pronounced part of finite sentences...

The pro-drop parameter, or null subject parameter, is the parameter that determines whether or not a language is pro-drop. A positive setting of the parameter...

it is not strongly left-branching. However, because Persian is a pro-drop language, the subject of a sentence is often not apparent until the end of...

with unmarked subject/agents and marked objects or patients. Being a pro-drop language, Juang verbs can index both two core arguments in a transitive predicate...

inanimate stem -iik- 'house'. Since Miami–Illinois is a robustly pro-drop language, independent personal pronouns are used far less frequently than in...

subject. Classical Latin is a pro-drop language whereas most Germanic (including standard English) and some Romance languages are not. Various changes occurred...

coherent syntax without pronouns, effectively making Korean a so-called pro-drop language; thus, Koreans avoid using the second-person singular pronoun, especially...