![]() ![]() It’s the adjectives that make the difference in word order here. “El niño corre a la casa.” So in this respect, English and Romance languages are the same. For instance, “The boy runs to the house.” (Boy is the subject, runs is the verb, and house is the object.) In German the phrase is “Der junge rennt zum haus.” Spanish and other Romance languages follow the same pattern. ![]() English follows a simple grammatical pattern for its sentence structure. Germans say “rotes auto” for the same phrase. ![]() For example, English-speakers say “the red car,” but in Spanish the phrase could be “el auto rojo” (or, “the car red”). Romance languages follow the opposite pattern. Adjectives and adverbs come before nouns in a sentence. Related Post: Akorbi Explains How Romance Languages Dominated the West It’s About Syntax and Grammar The easy answer is that English and German follow very similar syntax (word order) and grammar. Akorbi answers the question, “Why is English a Germanic language?” in today’s blog. English is directly related to German? But what about all of the words that originate from Latin, French, and Greek? Doesn’t that mean English is a Romance language? Not quite. As such, English is known as a Germanic language to linguists who study the origins and evolution of language. Linguists trace the origins of English as a language to the 5th and 7th centuries (600 to 800) in what is now northwest Germany. ![]()
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