I noticed when a sentence or clause starts with dann, then the subject is inverted.
But I don't know if German uses it in that way to emphasis the time or if it's an exception of the language. Is there any case it's placed after verb?
The word "dann" often takes first position in a normal statement sentence, is it inversion? [closed]
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Plenty of cases: *Er steht dann auf. / Dann steht er auf." being one random example. This is all based on the rules on verb placement, the rest follows suit.– StephieCommented Aug 26, 2015 at 9:12
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2The verb has to come in second position. Compare these sentences. The finite verb is always in second position. "(1)Er (2)geht (3)dann (4)spielen." - "(1)Dann (2)geht (3)er (4)spielen". - "(1) Spielen (2)geht (3)er (4)dann." Read on here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V2_word_order.– Em1Commented Aug 26, 2015 at 9:12
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And just for the sake of completeness: V2 (verb in second postion) is for main clauses. Subjunctive clauses are SOV (verb goes in last place) and yes-no questions are V1 (verb in first place). Read on here for example. Any basic grammar book should explain this system in detail.– StephieCommented Aug 26, 2015 at 9:20
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Nice (and somewhat funny) explanation here– StephieCommented Aug 26, 2015 at 9:28
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