Basic Word Order
BASIC WORD ORDER
The sentence order is very different from English. In English we use Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) but in Japanese it is usually Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) - observe:
| S | V | O | |
| ENGLISH | I | eat | bread. |
| S | O | V | |
| JAPANESE | watashi wa | pan o | tabemasu. |
Don't worry! It isn't as bad as it seems. You will get used to it.
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