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Latin beats all, the word order really doesn't matter at all.

Puella amat puerum.

Puellam amat puer.

The first means that the girl loves the boy, the second means that the boy loves the girl.
 
FrisianDude said:
... which means the word order DOES matter since you just gave two completely different sentences. :razz:

I was a tad bit unclear, the difference here is in the endings: notice um and am. But to be clearer:

Puella amat puerum
puerum amat puella
puerum puella amat
amat puerum puella
puella puerum amat

All these mean the same: The girl loves the boy: this is because "puella" is the nominative case, hence the subject, while "Puerum" is the accusative case, hence the object. Puellam would be the accusative case of puella.
 
Elfy said:
FrisianDude said:
... which means the word order DOES matter since you just gave two completely different sentences. :razz:

I was a tad bit unclear, the difference here is in the endings: notice um and am. But to be clearer:

Puella amat puerum
puerum amat puella
puerum puella amat
amat puerum puella
puella puerum amat

All these mean the same: The girl loves the boy: this is because "puella" is the nominative case, hence the subject, while "Puerum" is the accusative case, hence the object. Puellam would be the accusative case of puella.

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