German Word Order - Part1
Monday, 1 August 2016Hier ein paar Beispiele zum Satz- und Textbau:
The German sentence must contain a verb; there is no complete German sentence without a verb – unlike in Malay:
[Ich]1 [bin[am]] 2 [Lehrer[teacher]]3.
[Saya]1 [guru[teacher]]2.
In declarative sentences, the verb occupuies the second position as it can be seen above.
It is usually preceded by a noun (personal pronoun or a name) (i.e. the subject) and other parts of the sentence come after the verb:
[Ich]1 [lerne[have been learning]]2 [Deutsch[German] seit[since] zwei[two]Jahren[years]]rest.
... Mehr dazu auf dem Übungsblatt im Anhang, viel Vergnügen!
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