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Why is this word accusative?
This has nothing to do with subordinate clause. This happens also in main clauses which makes the analysis simpler:
Du willst mich.
You want me.
Sie kocht ihm Abendessen.
She cooks dinner for him.
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Why is this word accusative?
"Abendessen" is in the accusative; "ihm" is dative. In English, we can say "Make him dinner", which appears to have two objects; but one of them ("him") is an ...
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Why is this word accusative?
Objects in a clause need to be in a certain case (genitive, accusative or dative). The case they need to be in is entirely dependent on the verb of the clause and the function of the object.
This is ...
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Why is this word accusative?
The reason is what is called Verbvalenz. The basic structures of your two subordinated sentences are:
[Wer] wollen [was]?
(subj) wollen (acc obj).
Du willst mich. And in the relative clause: dass ...
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Correct word order for sentence: Ich esse den Joghurt zum Frühstück
Simple reason: you chose it to be there. You didn't have to.
Ich esse zum Frühstück den Joghurt
Zum Frühstück esse ich den Joghurt
Den Joghurt esse ich zum Frühstück
Ich esse den Joghurt zum ...
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