Cantonese is, like English and Mandarin, SVO. E.g. I bought this book: ngóh(S) maáihjó(V) nìbún syù(O). Contrast with Japanese: watashi wa(S) kono hon o(O) ka

Cantonese is, like English and Mandarin, SVO. E.g. I bought this book: ngóh(S) maáihjó(V) nìbún syù(O). Contrast with Japanese: watashi wa(S) kono hon o(O) kaimashita(V). Differences from Mandarin Grammar are listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_grammar#Differences_from_Mandarin_grammar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_grammar#Differences_... Classical Chinese is also SVO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Chinese_grammar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Chinese_grammar