Imperatives, on the other hand, agree with both subject and object in transitive clauses.

Word order in transitive clauses is subject-auxiliary-object-verb-adverb.

The two types could be used alone or combined in transitive clauses, where they function like subject and object in English:

Basque does not have subjects, but has an agent-object-verb order in transitive clauses:

Basic word order in transitive clauses is subject-object-verb.

These are not to be confused with transitive clauses:

In other languages the word order of transitive and intransitive clauses may not correspond.

In this way a single word can encode information about all the elements in a transitive clause.

The direct construction is used when the subject of the transitive clause outranks the object in salience or animacy.

The distinguishing function is used to distinguish between the core arguments, the subject and the object, of a transitive clause.