Reference
Emphasis
Where you put a word decides what the sentence is stressing.
What it is for
- Move a word to the front to stress it
- Small words that point at what matters most
Kuulake mind ka!
Listen to me too!
Määri leivale võid ka.
Spread some butter on the bread too.
- Word order does what English does by stressing a word out loud
Watch out
English stresses with the voice and keeps the order fixed. Say an English-shaped sentence with English stress here and it stresses nothing.