In syntax, verb-initial (V1) word order is a word order in which the verb appears before the subject and the object. In the more narrow sense, this term...

VOS word order is the fourth-most-common of the world's languages, and has verb-initial word order, like VSO. Very few languages have a fixed VOS word order...

Verb–object word order (VO) is a word order where the verb typically comes before the object. About 53% of documented languages have this order. For example...

In syntax, verb-second (V2) word order is a sentence structure in which the finite verb of a sentence or a clause is placed in the clause's second position...

typology, object–verb–subject (OVS) or object–verb–agent (OVA) is a rare permutation of word order. OVS denotes the sequence object–verb–subject in unmarked...

subjects. Among natural languages with a word order preference, SOV is the most common type (followed by subject–verb–object; the two types account for more...

head-initial types. The identification of headedness is based on the following: the order of subject, object, and verb the relationship between the order of...

OS order is object-initial word order, in which the object appears first in the clause. This includes OVS and OSV, but not VOS (which is verb-initial, i...

Syrian, and Kuwaiti) verb initial (VSO) and subject initial (SVO) word orders are present. In the case of verb initial word order, it is common that the...

languages have a verb-final word order, and that none of them have relative pronouns. They also do not have a clear distinction between verbs and adjectives...

Latin word order is relatively free. The subject, object, and verb can come in any order, and an adjective can go before or after its noun, as can a genitive...

Welsh is a language with verb-initial word order, the usual word order being verb–subject–object (VSO). In addition to a verb and a subject, which are...

distinguished by word order or context. English has a number of generally ditransitive verbs, such as give, grant, and tell and many transitive verbs that can...

preserve the traditional verb-initial word order, but influence from Spanish (an SVO language) promotes a subject-initial order. The Focus Antipassive (FA)...

pa. Tagalog has a flexible word order compared to English. While the verb always remains in the initial position, the order of noun phrase complements...

A verb (from Latin verbum 'word') is a word that generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state...

positions, the core verb and the particle appear in one word, whilst in others the core verb and the particle are separated. The particle is traditionally...

predominantly subject-initial regardless of grounding. In fact, SVO is the only word-order permitted in subordinate clauses. Where verb-initial clauses in AV...

Czech word order is relatively free. However, the Czech language belongs to the SVO type. Czech word order is said to be free. The individual parts of...

exocentric compound, the word class is determined lexically, disregarding the class of the constituents. For example, a must-have is not a verb but a noun. The...

object. A subject–verb–object (SVO) word order is common when the focus is on the subject, or in longer sentences. Object-initial word orders (OSV or OVS)...

Sentence word order shows considerable flexibility. Pronominal arguments (which may represent subject or object) usually precede the verb, and are only...

a V2 word order, meaning that the finite verb is the second syntactic constituent in the sentence or clause. This is observed as a subject-verb inversion...

Mar. "Cree Verb Classes." Eastern James Bay Cree Language. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. Junker, M. (2004). Focus, obviation, and word order in East Cree...

verbs are a small set of English verbs, which include the English modal auxiliary verbs and a few others.: 19 : 11–12  Although the auxiliary verbs of...

inflecting the word itself. In terms of word order, most Formosan languages display verb-initial word order—VSO (verb-subject-object) or VOS (verb-object-subject)—with...

Austroasiatic languages display verb-initial word order, including Pnar and Wa (Jenny 2015). Nicobarese also displays verb-initial word order. Below are some Proto-Austroasiatic...

languages with their own word orders. The WALS database indicates that languages with the order subject-object-verb (SOV) and subject-verb-object (SVO) are overwhelmingly...

main verb. Again as in present perfect the participle agrees in number and gender with the subject. For the position of the verb съм see word order. Example...

Proto-Otomi is also thought to have had VSO order as verb-initial order is the most frequent basic word order in other Oto-Manguean languages. It has been...