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Satzstellung – Questions on how to structure group of words to fit grammatical rules.
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Can the indirect pronoun go before the subject?
There are basically two "rule of thumbs".
Belebt vor unbelebt(animate before inanimate)
Damals ist meinem Vater[animate] das schwere Unglück[inanimate] passiert.
But canoo.net says:
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Order of words in a question: "Kann mir jemand..."
The secret is: Pronoun before noun
Kann Peter Klaus helfen?
Normal word order. Peter is subject, Klaus is object, so Peter helps Klaus.
Kannst du Klaus helfen?
Still normal word order. Tec …
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Wortstellung mit Partikelverben
Ich nehme an, dass es hier nur wegen der Einfachheit und Verständlichkeit nach vorne gezogen wurde. Zu viel Text zwischen den beiden Teilen eines trennbaren Verbes erschwert nur das Verständnis.
Trotz …
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When does a verb come second?
It sounds pretty harsh, but the rough answer to your question is: It's always in the second position, with some exceptions.
Yes, it's an hyperbole. But the truth is that the verb is more often in seco …
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Word order with “so” and “also”
As a conjunction or as an adverb, so is sometimes translated as so in German. In your case, however, it's an interjection, which is used after a short pause; here to pick up the topic again in order …
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Inversion bei "zwar" mit mehreren Sätzen
Das "Problem" besteht darin, dass man semantisch das zwar auch auf den zweiten Teilsatz anwenden könnte. Das wird deutlich, wenn man die ersten beiden Teile einfach umdreht.
Zwar vermisse ich eine …
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Position of noun modified by clause
Diese Reihe beantwortet viele typische Kinderfragen.
In a main clause, this is the proper way how to build up the sentence: Subject-Predicate-Object.
If you then insert a relative clause, this d …
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Wortstellung bei Rheinischer Verlaufsform
Nein. Für gewöhnlich wird das Verb ans Ende gestellt. Sieh beispielsweise diese ironische Übertreibung:
Die Kuh am Stall am Schwanz am raus am Ziehen.
Auf die Frage: "Was machst du gerade?" kann …
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Forming sentences with "übrigens"
As already mentioned, the sentence (b) is quite natural. In spoken language you rather use this structure than the other. Side note: you usually don't use the future tense but present tense instead wh …
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»Etwa« am Beginn eines Satzes
Kurz und knackig: Es ist natürlich korrekt, dass etwa hier ein Adverb ist. Und an einem Satz, der mit dem Adverb etwa beginnt, ist grammatisch nichts auszusetzen.
Sprich, das hier ist korrekt:
Ic …
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Can the position of "auch" change the meaning of the sentence?
Basically, the position of an adverb can change the meaning of the sentence. This is true for any language. Here's an example for only.
Only he lent me five cents. (= He and nobody else lent me f …
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Why is the verb not in second position
This answer is just on the difference between the word order.
In your example, I'd always put the subject before the verb. In previous context you're talking about several books:
Ich habe hier vi …
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"Vor rund eineinhalb Jahr, seitdem habe ich dich kennengelernt, warst du eine andere Person"...
The sentence is semantically wrong.
Let's split it up:
Vor rund eineinhalb Jahren warst du eine andere Person.
This is a point in time. You cannot insert something with seitdem as this word des …
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In a subordinate clause, where should "nicht" and the adverb be placed?
You need to ask what is being modified by the adverb and the rule is to put it as closely as possible to the modified word (or phrase).
Let's start with a main clause:
Ich kenne sie gut.
There …
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The most general word order in German
Though it is true that certain types of word order may be more frequent than others in any language, to include German, it is important to keep in mind that choices in word order can be made for sever …