word structure in spanish language

Question

Respected Sir,

                    Hope you are enjoying your good health.

I want to know that, word structure in Spanish language. For example in English we write noun or pronoun, verb, adverb adjective.

noun or pronoun - verb or helping verb- adjective - adverb.

Best Regards.

Spelling and caps ... minor fixes. - LateToDinner, Oct 9, 2010

Answer 1

I want to know that, word structure in Spanish language. For example in English we write noun or pronoun, verb, adverb adjective.

That is not entirely correct: "Yesterday I saw you" (Adverb + pronoun + verb + pronoun)

Both Spanish and English have a typical SVO (subject + verb + object) structure, although in Spanish there is more flexibility and there are variations, like when you use "gustar" kind of verbs.

In general, Spanish is more flexible. - BellaMargarita, Oct 9, 2010

Answer 2

Spanish is very similar to English in the subject - verb - object construction. Some minor differences are things like English uses adjective - noun, while Spanish usually uses noun - adjective

Pretty flowers = flores bonitas

Word order is often reversed in questions compared to statements, too. S-V-O becomes ¿V-O-S?

Horses eat alfalfa - Los caballos comen la alfalfa
Do horses eat alfalfa? - ¿Comen la alfalfa los caballos?

Floras bonitas, ¿verdad? - pesta, Oct 9, 2010

Una flor, unas flores, ¿no? Flora = flora, comparada con fauna - KevinB, Oct 9, 2010

Answer 3

Hope you are enjoying your good health.

I'm sure that you realize that this is a fragment of a sentence (it is missing a subject).

[I] hope [that] you are enjoying your good health.

It is similar to Spanish exhortations.

[Espero] ¡Que tenga un buen día! (where the subject and verb is also implied)

Using a sentence fragment isn't a good example of demonstrating sentence syntax.

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