Interlingua Grammar - Syntax

Syntax

The normal word order in Interlingua is subject–verb–object, though this may be relaxed where the sense is clear.

Ille reface horologios. 'He fixes clocks.'

Amandolos ama io tanto, io comprava un amandoliera. 'I love almonds so much, I bought an almond orchard.'

Pronouns, however, tend to follow the Romance pattern subject–object–verb, except for infinitives and imperatives, where the object follows the verb.

Ille los reface. 'He fixes them.'

Nos vole obtener lo. 'We want to get it.'

Jecta lo via! 'Throw it away!'

When two pronouns, one a direct and one an indirect object, occur with the same verb, the indirect object comes first.

Io les lo inviava per avion. 'I sent it to them by air.'

Io la los inviava per nave. 'I sent them to her by ship.'

The position of adverbs and adverbial phrases is similar to English.