Satzstellung - Question on how to structure group of words to fit grammatical rules.
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Where is exactly the position of “nicht” in the sentence?
A question came to my mind while I was reading a conversation in German:
Ich bin krank,
Ich kann nicht einkaufen.
Ich kann nicht mit Jonas zum Arzt gehen.
Ich kann Anna nicht in den ...
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What is the proper position of “gern”?
For example, which of these is correct:
Ich esse gern Pizza
or
Ich esse Pizza gern
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Verb inversion with adverbs used at the beginning
I know that when adverbs are used in the first position, at the beginning of the sentence, the verb and subject position in German is inverted, such as in these examples with adverbs of place and ...
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Where to place “Bitte” in a sentence
As far as I know, many languages have no rules for the place of "please" in the sentence.
In German, seems it's not the same. Is it right to use "bitte" at the beginning or at the end of each ...
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Sentence structure tips: verb placement
I'm having some trouble getting used to placing the second verb in a phrase at the end.
Sie kann sehr gut deutsch sprechen
Taking the above sentence as an example, I find it hard to read ...
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Verbal idea: a call for examples
This website presents a very good explanation of the verbal idea and it's effect on word order in German: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~german/Grammatik/WordOrder/WordOrder.html.
However, there are not ...
