"Word order"

Question

How is correct word order in Spanish?

Welcome to SD. - katydew, Nov 6, 2012

Answer 1

This depends on what you want to say or ask. It is often different from English word order.

Here is a lesson from the Grammar section (under the Learn tab on the blue toolbar) on word order for adverbs:

Adverb word order

There are other explanations for word order for different usages under the grammar section.

I would like to know if there is any rule in it like it is in English - Agnes1984, Nov 6, 2012

Agnes, I added a link above as an example for adverbs. Hope this helps. - katydew, Nov 7, 2012

Thank You and sorry for interupt ;) - Agnes1984, Nov 7, 2012

Answer 2

You are asking such a broad question that it is probably impossible to answer without listing every possible context and grammar rule available in the language. The one thing that can be answered however is that Spanish is very liberal with word order where English is much less. So you shouldn´t be surprised when you encounter a variety of ways to say a phrase in Spanish that may seem very different to your English ear. Most of the time this variety is dictated by the emphasis on a certain thing in a sentence, the nuance the speaker wishes to show, or simply a specific structure that makes a sentence more colorful or poetic.

Thank You for that answer. I start to learn Spanish and I just wanted to know it. I know that English is very strict. For me fact that Spanish isn't so strict wouldn't be so big surprise.. My motherlangue also is more liberal. - Agnes1984, Nov 7, 2012