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Infinitives do not have case markers. "Mi ŝatas lerni" is the typical order, and so is "egzameni asisti la detektivon".

But could "lerni ŝatas mi" work, noting that "mi" is not in accusative and is thus the subject? If so, then "la detektivon asisti egzameni" should work, as well as any other SVO order of these words.

This also raises the question: what about a sentence with just infinitives as nouns: "legi asistiasistas skribi" ("reading helps writing"). Is it not possible to move those words around? I would expect that it isn't.

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Infinitives do not have case markers. "Mi ŝatas lerni" is the typical order, and so is "egzameni asisti la detektivon".

But could "lerni ŝatas mi" work, noting that "mi" is not in accusative and is thus the subject? If so, then "la detektivon asisti egzameni" should work, as well as any other SVO order of these words.

This also raises the question: what about a sentence with just infinitives as nouns: "legi asisti skribi" ("reading helps writing"). Is it not possible to move those words around? I would expect that it isn't.

Dankon al ĉiuj

Infinitives do not have case markers. "Mi ŝatas lerni" is the typical order, and so is "egzameni asisti la detektivon".

But could "lerni ŝatas mi" work, noting that "mi" is not in accusative and is thus the subject? If so, then "la detektivon asisti egzameni" should work, as well as any other SVO order of these words.

This also raises the question: what about a sentence with just infinitives as nouns: "legi asistas skribi" ("reading helps writing"). Is it not possible to move those words around? I would expect that it isn't.

Dankon al ĉiuj

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How free is word order in a sentence with infinitives

Infinitives do not have case markers. "Mi ŝatas lerni" is the typical order, and so is "egzameni asisti la detektivon".

But could "lerni ŝatas mi" work, noting that "mi" is not in accusative and is thus the subject? If so, then "la detektivon asisti egzameni" should work, as well as any other SVO order of these words.

This also raises the question: what about a sentence with just infinitives as nouns: "legi asisti skribi" ("reading helps writing"). Is it not possible to move those words around? I would expect that it isn't.

Dankon al ĉiuj