In imperative clauses, most languages elide the subject, even in languages which typically requires a subject to be present, e.g.
* Give it to me.
* Da mihi istud. (Latin)
* Me dá isso. (Brazilian Portuguese)
* Dá-me isso. (European Portuguese)
* Dámelo. (Spanish)
* Dammelo. (Italian)

Coordinated sentences

One criterion for identifying a subject in various languages is the possibility of its omission in coordinated sentences such as the following: The man hit the woman and [the man] came here.

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