Having troubles differentiating between object and subject.

From: Angela
Message: 4698
Date: 2004-12-29

Okay, I'm brand new to the Norse Course (Just started Lesson 2) and I
have a question so please forgive my ignorance. I was looking
through some of the vocabulary and conjugations and such and I ran
into a bit of a problem. It is as follows:

The earl sees the raven.
Jarl sér hrafn.

The raven sees the earl.
Hrafn sér jarl.

Similarly:

He sees it. It sees him. The earl sees him. He sees the
earl. Etc.

How is this overcome? Is it through word order? Does it matter? Do
I just need to keep reading to find the answer?

Thanks for your time.

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