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Which one is correct?

ich wohne auch in Berlin.

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ich wohne in Berlin auch.

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    @jonathan.scholbach So auch always comes after the verb?? For example Herr Smith ist auch mein Arbeitgeber. Ich komme auch aus deutschland.
    – pouya
    Nov 7, 2018 at 8:16
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    @c.p. Your last example sounds very unnatural to me. I would say "Ich verbringe das Wochenende in Potsdam, jedoch wohne ich auch in Berlin."
    – daniel
    Nov 7, 2018 at 10:16
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    Non of both. In German all sentences have to begin with an uppercase letter.
    – Hubert Schölnast
    Nov 7, 2018 at 16:25
  • @Hubert: could be just part of a sentence. <g>
    – Rudy Velthuis
    Nov 7, 2018 at 20:04

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Auch is placed the same way as nicht. You put it in front of the item you want to insist on.

Ich wohne auch in Berlin. — Ich wohne nicht in Berlin.

Auch ich wohne in Berlin. — Nicht ich wohne in Berlin.

Exception: you cannot put it in front of the verb in second position. It goes to the end of the clause then. Same as with nicht.

Das glaube ich auch. — Das glaube ich nicht.

It gets interesting if you have both nicht and auch in front of an item.

Ich wohne auch nicht in Berlin.

Ich wohne nicht auch in Berlin.

These mean a different thing.

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"Ich wohne auch in Berlin" is correcht, the other one is wrong.

@jonathan.scholbach So auch always comes after the verb?? For example Herr Smith ist auch mein Arbeitgeber. Ich komme auch aus deutschland.

yes, All your examples, that you typed in your comment, are correct, the "auch" always is after the verb. Even if this makes some things ambiguous. "Herr Smith ist auch mein Arbeitgeber" does not make clear, if the "auch" is meant for "Herr Smith" or for "Arbeitgeber". it could mean Smith too is a bos, so I have several bosses and he is one of them. or it could mean Smith is a boss too, so he is my brother, by friend and also by boss. The english grammar is more clear than the german grammar in this point.

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    That is not the full story. Herr Schmidt ist auch mein Arbeitgeber could be translated to Mr. Schmidt is also my employer or to Mr. Schmidt is my employer, too.. The ambiguity in the german sentence is the same as in the english translations.
    – Jonathan Scholbach ♦
    Nov 7, 2018 at 8:46
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    When answering, please assume that comments are not permanent.
    – Carsten S
    Nov 7, 2018 at 9:24
  • updated the answer
    – gofal3
    Nov 7, 2018 at 9:28
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    "Ich wohne in Berlin auch" is actually a valid sentence but unusual because one would only say that only if s/he wants to put a strong emphasis on "auch". Less unusual is "In Berlin wohne ich auch" which shows that "auch" can be last. "Auch wohne ich in Berlin" is valid too, but it means something different: That one wants to add the fact that s/he is living in Berlin to what was said previously. So you can place "auch" almost anywhere (except position 2 where the verb belongs) but it depends on what exactly you want to say.
    – RHa
    Nov 7, 2018 at 10:46
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    Citation: "... the 'auch' always is after the verb." This is not correct. See, for example, the valid sentences "Auch Herr Smith ist mein Arbeitgeber" and "Herr Smith glaubt das auch nicht".
    – Björn Friedrich
    Nov 7, 2018 at 13:49

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