I’m studying German using the book Berliner Platz and I read in it someone saying:
Ich trinke Kaffee schwarz.
Shouldn’t schwarz (adjective) go before the noun Kaffee as in
Ich trinke schwarzen Kaffee.
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Sign up to join this communityI’m studying German using the book Berliner Platz and I read in it someone saying:
Ich trinke Kaffee schwarz.
Shouldn’t schwarz (adjective) go before the noun Kaffee as in
Ich trinke schwarzen Kaffee.
"Schwarz" serves as an adverb here. "Den Kaffee schwarz trinken" has a special meaning of drinking coffee without milk.