I am alone in the kitchen

[dwni1]

position of alone/by myself in a sentences

For example I want to tell people that I am alone somewhere.
Which word order is better?
1 I am alone in the kitchen.
2 I am in the kitchen alone.
3 I am in the kitchen by myself.
4 I am by myself in the kitchen.

 

[jutfrank]

As I said in the other thread, the order that you place the elements depends upon the focus you want to place.

Which is more important? That you are in the kitchen or that you are alone?

 

[dwni1]

Does it mean that the element that goes at the end of sentence is more important?

 

[Tarheel]

@dwni1 No, but it might get more emphasis because it's at the end of a sentence. However, having said that, it is my opinion that the words likely to get the emphasis are "alone" and "by myself". Having said that, you might want to emphasize that you are in the kitchen (for example) by putting the stress on that word.

 

[jutfrank]

Does it mean that the element that goes at the end of sentence is more important?

Very often, yes, but it's not quite so simple because often the first element is the more important one, and the last is the least.

I wonder how it works in Bulgarian? Which order would you use in your language? Are there different ways to arrange sentence elements in Bulgarian?

 

[dwni1]

It is very similar. I Ihink the rules are the same when it comes to word order.
When I translate it into Bulgarian, it sounds good. Somethimes I am not sure whether it is okay to use the word order in Bulgarian.
That is why I keep asking. I want to improve my knowledge of the word order.