JLPT N5 Grammar Lesson 001
Japanese Word Order
(Word order only / No particles)
【Word Order in English and Japanese】
Sentences have three parts.
S = Subject (who)
O = Object (what)
V = Verb (action)
English word order
S → V → O
Japanese word order
S → O → V
English and Japanese
have different word orders.
【Checking Word Order with an Example】
English
I eat an apple.
Japanese
わたし りんご たべる
WATASHI RINGO TABERU
In Japanese,
the verb comes at the end of the sentence.
【Summary】
In this lesson,
you learned Japanese word order.
Japanese sentences follow
the order S → O → V.
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