SVO basics, flexible subject placement, pronoun and adjective positions.
María come pizza. (María eats pizza.)
Yo estudio español. (I study Spanish.)
El gato bebe leche. (The cat drinks milk.)
Llega el tren. (The train arrives.) — VS (verb-subject)
Habla María. (María speaks.)
Me gusta el café. (Coffee pleases me.) — object before verb
This is especially common with intransitive verbs and in questions.
Lo quiero. (I want it.) NOT Quiero lo
Me llama. (He calls me.) NOT Llama me
Se lo dije. (I told it to him.)
Una casa grande. (A big house.) NOT una grande casa
Un coche rojo. (A red car.)
Exception — before noun for emphasis or changed meaning:
Un gran hombre (a great man) vs un hombre grande (a big man)
¿Dónde vive María? (Where does María live?)
¿Qué quiere usted? (What do you want?)
¿Cómo se llama tu hermano? (What's your brother's name?)
No hablo español. | No lo quiero. | No me gusta.
Nothing can separate "no" from the verb except object pronouns.
1. The basic Spanish word order is _____.
2. "I want it" = _____.
3. "A red car" = Un coche _____.
4. "Llega el tren" is _____ word order.
5. "No" goes _____ the verb.
6. "Where does María live?" = ¿Dónde _____ María?
7. "A big house" = una casa _____.
8. "He calls me" = _____ llama.
9. "I don't want it" = _____.
10. "A great man" = un _____ hombre.
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