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Lao is generally a subject–verb–object language, although the object can come at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis. Despite lacking agreement and case marking, word order is very free, and predicate-argument relations are determined largely through context. Lao is a right branching language, much like other languages of Southeast Asia and, to a lesser extent, the Romance languages. ==Politeness== Since Lao culture is stratified based on the age, occupation, wealth or clout of the speaker, one must afford differing amounts of respect based on the discrepancy between one person and another. This affects language as well, and to make language more polite, more formal language, inclusion of pronouns (which can otherwise be dropped) and more formal versions at that, and certain sentence ending particles. In addition to these nuances of word choice and style, ending particles also serve to soften and make one's speech more polite. * ແດ່ (dé ) In addition to ending most general statements and softening of imperatives and requests, it is also used to politely intensify the meaning (especially of adjectives and adverbs), to make the use of demonstrative pronouns more polite, or to indicate a certain amount or some extent of something. * ເດິ (deu ) or ເດີ໊ (deu ) or ເດ (dè ) These are used as a more intensive version of ແດ່, thus giving requests and demands more urgency and is used for statements that tend to be more emphatic. It is therefore not as polite. ເດ also has the sense of ''and what about'' or to indicate an equivalent to ''this'' as a demonstrative pronoun. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lao grammar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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