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Italian sentence structure shares the same fundamental pattern as English — Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) — but Italian is far more flexible. Because verb endings identify the subject, Italian allows you to rearrange words for emphasis, and it handles negation and adjective placement differently from English.
Like English, the standard Italian sentence follows the Subject-Verb-Object pattern:
| Subject | Verb | Object | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marco | mangia | una pizza | Marco eats a pizza. |
| Maria | legge | un libro | Maria reads a book. |
| Io | studio | l'italiano | I study Italian. |
| Noi | compriamo | il pane | We buy bread. |
| I bambini | guardano | la televisione | The children watch television. |
Because Italian verb endings already tell you who is performing the action, the word order can be shifted without losing meaning. This flexibility is used for emphasis and style.
Placing the verb before the subject is common and natural in Italian:
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