Word order 1 (Edexcel GCSE German): Flashcards
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What is the main rule of German sentence structure?
What is the main rule of German sentence structure?
The verb always comes as the second idea in a statement.
What is the typical word order in German main clauses?
What is the typical word order in German main clauses?
The order is Subject, Verb, then Object (SVO).
What is the word order when starting with an adverb?
What is the word order when starting with an adverb?
The verb comes first, followed by the subject.
What is the perfect tense structure in German?
What is the perfect tense structure in German?
Subject + haben/sein + past participle.
Where is the past participle in the perfect tense?
Where is the past participle in the perfect tense?
It goes after the auxiliary verb in the sentence.
What is the structure for future tense in German?
What is the structure for future tense in German?
Subject, werden, Additional info, Infinitive.
Where is the infinitive placed in future tense sentences?
Where is the infinitive placed in future tense sentences?
At the end of the sentence in German.
What is the time-manner-place rule?
What is the time-manner-place rule?
Order sentences as Time, Manner, Place.
Where does 'nicht' typically go in a German sentence?
Where does 'nicht' typically go in a German sentence?
'nicht' goes before the word it negates or at the end.
Example of negation with 'nicht'?
Example of negation with 'nicht'?
Er ist nicht intelligent. (He is not intelligent.)