My question relates to which part of the information is emphasised more in
Japanese, the part that comes first or in the end of a sentence for instance
what would be the nuance in this type of sentence:

> 1)俺はご飯を食う

  1. **SOV** - This is the standard that appears in most "grammar books"

> 2)ご飯を俺は食う

  2. **OSV** - Here the subject 俺は is in the middle

> 3)ご飯を食う俺は

  3. **OVS** - Here the subject is in the end like an after-thought

Is there any substantial difference in the meaning of these sentences ?

_PS: I have used the Indo-European S(subject), O(object) and V(verb) for
simplicity I know it is not appropriate to Japanese grammar._
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Which part of the sentence is emphasised in Japanese?
If I'm forced to guess, the following would be what is emphasized and its
possible questions that prompted the sentence.

  1. 俺はご飯を食う - neutral statement
  2. **ご飯を** 俺は食う ← 何を食べますか **What** do you eat?
  3. **ご飯を食う** 俺は ← 何をしますか **What** do you **do**?

But, in my opinion, word order is not usually used for emphasizing. For 2 and
3, more natural responses would be (especially if the speaker calls himself 俺)

  2. ご飯
  3. ご飯を食う

That is, just say the information being asked.

If it is not replying and declaring _I eat (meal)_ (though it's a bit hard to
imagine such contexts), then it almost invariably translates to ご飯を食う,
regardless of which part you want to emphasize. Emphasis would be put by
saying the word a little louder, pronouncing each syllable (= hiragana)
distinctly.

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In a similar way, 俺はご飯を食う is not really natural because 俺は will be omitted
even in a neutral statement. A possible context to put 俺は explicitly would be
that the person being talked to is going out, and the speaker says "You go
out, on the other hand I eat."

A natural question would be how to emphasize 俺, for example to answer _**Who**
eats the meal?_ The answer is **俺が** ご飯を食う = It is me that eat the meal. This
emphasizing works whether or not it is a reply to a question.

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BTW ご飯を食う is not really right in terms of collocation. Either ご飯を食べる or
飯(めし)を食う
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