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The appropriate direct object pronoun is placed between the direct object and the verb, and thus in the sentence La carne la come el perro ("The dog eats the meat") there is no confusion about which is the subject of the sentence (el perro). Clitic doubling is often necessary to modify clitic pronouns, whether accusative or dative.
By contrast, in the following sentence the person involved, referred to by a first-person pronoun, is the object rather than the subject. The significance of people as a semantic category takes precedent over the SOV word order tendency, and the person is typically first even in sentences where that person is the object.
Documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language (mostly as spoken in Mexico and Mesoamerica), also called Nahuatlismos include an extensive list of words that represent (i) animals, (ii) plants, fruit and vegetables, (iii) foods and beverages, and (iv) domestic appliances. Many of these words end with the absolutive suffix "-tl" in Nahuatl.
A notable subset of OS order is object-initial word order, in which the object appears first in the clause. This includes OVS and OSV, but not VOS (which is verb-initial , i.e. the verb appears first in the clause).
Descriptive writing is characterized by sensory details, which appeal to the physical senses, and details that appeal to a reader's emotional, physical, or intellectual sensibilities. Determining the purpose, considering the audience, creating a dominant impression, using descriptive language, and organizing the description are the rhetorical ...
The related adjective, car-carrying, is also endocentric: it refers to an object which is a carrying-thing (or equivalently, which does carry). These types account for most compound nouns, but there are other, rarer types as well.
inu が ga 猫 neko object を o 追いかけた oikaketa verb 犬 が 猫 を 追いかけた inu ga neko o oikaketa {} {} object {} verb The dog chased (verb) the cat (object) Korean: 개는 gae-neun 고양이를 go-yang-i-reul object 쫓았다 jjo-chatt-da verb 개는 고양이를 쫓았다 gae-neun go-yang-i-reul jjo-chatt-da {} object verb The dog chased (verb) the cat (object) Turkish ...
An element marking the top or end of some object — such as a dome, tower, or gable — often formed to be a decorative feature. Small finials may also be used as ornamentation for furniture, poles, and light fixtures. Flushwork The decorative combination on the same flat plane of flint and ashlar stone.