The most common order of a single sentence in French is: subject + verb + object. The subject is then at the beginning of the sentence, the verb comes second.
| subject | pronouns | predicate | other parts of the sentence |
| Pierre | achète | une voiture. | |
| Je | le | vois. | |
| Nous | avons travaillé. | ||
| Je | me | lave. | |
| Il | s' | est lavé. |
Before the verb can be placed: