How many of you weebs actually know Japanese? I have questions.

The word order in Irish is completely different from English.

English is what's known as a "Subject/Verb/Object" language (often abbreviated "SVO"). That's because the subject will generally come first in a simple sentence, followed by the verb, and then followed by the rest of the sentence.

For example, a simple English sentence might be:

Seán [subject] buys [verb] milk [object].

Irish, on the other hand, is what's known as a "Verb/Subject/Object" (or "VSO") language. The verb (including any preverbal particles) comes before the subject in the sentence.

So, if we want to say "Seán is buying milk" in Irish, we'd say:

Ceannaíonn [verb] Seán [subject] bainne [object]. Literally "Buys Seán milk."

Or

Ceannaíonn tú im, bainne agus arán. You buy butter, milk and bread. (Literally "Buy you butter, milk and bread.")

It sounds rslured but you could get pretty beautiful turns of phrase from Irish. It's not a coincidence the Irish were always heavyhitters in poetry. Tá bron orm ( I am sad in ) means "Sadness has befallen me"

!chuds I'm not fully fluent yet