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Verb Agent Object ('''VAO''') or '''Verb Subject Object''' ('''VSO''') is a term in or the S-expressions of the Lisp Programming Language . Examples of languages with VAO word order include the Gaelic Branch of the Celtic Language Family (namely Irish , Scottish Gaelic and Manx ), related Welsh (the only VSO Brythonic Language ), Ancient Egyptian , Aramaic , Biblical Hebrew , Phoenician , Canaanite , Ge'ez , Classic Maya , Tagalog , Hawaiian , Maori , and Tongan . Even though Arabic originally had VAO word order, it is now usually more understood with AVO, especially Egyptian Arabic and Moroccan Arabic . INVERSION INTO VAO There are many languages which switch from AVO ( Subject Verb Object ) order to VAO order with different constructions, usually for emphasis. For example, sentences in English poetry can sometimes be found to have a VAO order; French and Spanish questions may reverse the order of the subject and verb into the VAO order (although this is not required); and Arabic sentences use a AVO order or a VAO order depending on whether the subject or the verb is more important. Non-VAO languages that use VAO word order in Question s include Dutch and many Germanic Languages , French , and Spanish . SEE ALSO |