 As Swedish is a Germanic language, the syntax shows similarities to both English and German. Like English, Swedish has a subject – verb – object basic word order, but like German, it utilizes verb-second word order in main clauses, for instance after adverbs, adverbial phrases and dependent clauses. (Adverbial phrases denoting time are usually placed at the beginning of a main clause that is at the head of a sentence.) Prepositional phrases are placed in a place – manner – time order, as in English (but not German). Adjectives precede the noun they modify.
