What is the Japanese sentence structure?

Question

For example, in English the sentence structure is
the Subject (noun), Verb, Adjective.
Ex:
I am very nice.

In Japanese (language), how would it be said (not just that sentence in particular...-- in general)?

Answer 1

It's like in Spanish: Subject, object, verb.

So, instead of "I hit the ball" it would be "I the ball hit"

Answer 2

This is how I understand it. There are two main structures. Sentences that use desu, da, or de-aru (or their negatives) are like this. I lump informal sentences that end with the i-adjectives in this group. Something ha something desu. Something ha adjective-i Kyou ha mokuyoubi da. Kyou ha atatakai. Today is Thursday. Today is warm. Sentences that use verbs follow the SV or SOV pattern Subject ga Verb Subject ga Object wo Verb Akachan ga nakimasu. Akachan ga miruku wo nondeimasu. The baby cries. The baby is drinking milk. The rest is just adding modifiers to any of the keys parts of the structure to clarify the meaning.

Answer 3

Subject Object Verb.　Adjectives come before the noun it describes, otherwise (like for your sentence) it is just watashi wa totemo shinsetsu (I very nice).

Answer 4

You must put the Subject- Then Object Then Verb.


So, I am tomoko, would be

I tomoko am.

or in Japanese

watashi wa tomoko desu.

Answer 5

subject, adjective, object, verb

adverbs can go anywhere but the end. (the verb must ALWAYS be last.