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Basic sentence structure simply means the basic order of the words in a sentence.

In French, the basic sentence structure is similar to that of English. Take a look at this sentence:

Michel embrasse Marie.

(Michel kisses Marie.)

Michel is the subject of the sentence. It usually comes first in the sentence.

The word embrasse indicates that Michael is doing something. This is the verb of the sentence which usually comes in second place.

Marie seems to be receiving the action. This is the object of the sentence which usually comes in third place.

Notice that the sentence structure in the French example is exactly the same as in its English equivalent.

Take a look at another example:

Marie gifle Michel.

(Marie slaps Michel.)


In this example, Marie is the subject of the sentence. Notice that it comes first in the sentence. The verb gifle comes next, indicating the action of the sentence. Finally, in third place, we have the object, Michel, of Marie’s disaffection.

The order subject—verb—object tells us who’s doing what to whom.