"The girl understands this book."

Translation: Девочка понимает эту книгу.

[greenstreet365]

Why is it Эту книгу not Эта книга?

[ErikRempe]

It's accusative

[Ma5ons]

Is russian an SVO language or an SOV language?

[Antixity]

I'm not a native, but I've seen comments from natives saying that the default is SVO. However, it seems that it's pretty common for pronoun objects to fall before the verb, especially if the verb is the new info, not the pronoun object. E.g. я тебя люблю "I LOVE you [as opposed to only liking you]", while я люблю тебя "I love YOU [as opposed to someone else]".

[AndreasThes]

What is the difference between девочка and девушка?

[_BananaBread]

Девочка is a little girl/child. Девушка means girlfriend or a young lady.

[AndreasThes]

Thanks

[Wentris]

девушка понимает книгу

[Rekty]

You forgot эту: Девушка понимает эту книгу.

[Wentris]

thanks)

[Michel723614]

is it wrong to say : девочка эту книгу понимает ?

[Majda102562]

At last, the girl is in the loop. She doesn't see the snake and doesn't understand what's happening except when reading. You go girl!