The sentence order is very different from English. In English we use Subject-Verb-Object (SVO), but in Japanese it is usually (but not always!) Subject-Object-Verb (SOV).
| English | S | V | O |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | eat | bread. | |
| Japanese | S | O | V |
| watashi wa | pan o | tabemasu. |
Notice the "extra" words wa & o. These are called particles (or grammatical markers) and tell us a lot about the function of the word it follows. Don't worry! We will get to particles soon enough.