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Theword order here isSOV (subject–object–verb). While the neutral word order in Finnish isSVO, the word order is not fixed; other word orders are also used, and are particularly common in idioms and sayings.
| SUBJECT | OBJECT | VERB | |
| aikainen | lintu | madon | nappaa |
| early | bird | worm | catches |