{"id":15996,"date":"2015-06-18T08:44:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T07:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=15996"},"modified":"2015-06-18T08:44:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T07:44:14","slug":"german-word-order-with-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/15996\/german-word-order-with-video","title":{"rendered":"German Word Order with Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-Order.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-Order.jpg\" alt=\"Word-Order\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15999\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-Order.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-Order-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">German Word Order<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The word order is one of the biggest aspects of learning German and one of the first challenges to get your head round. Practice makes perfect and soon the word order will be natural to you but in the meantime use this grammar guide to help keep on top of it.<\/p>\n<p>You can now learn even more on this topic with the help of a fun animation and a grammar quiz. Simply check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/module.php?id=7\">Countries and Nationalities<\/a> in level A1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 80%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ds8m4H9hzpw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Explanation of some Terms:<\/h3>\n<p>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Subject (S)<\/strong><\/span>: The subject of a sentence is <strong>someone<\/strong> or <strong>something<\/strong> that is doing the action.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Verb (V)<\/strong><\/span>: A verb is an action word that describes what the subject <strong>does<\/strong>, <strong>is<\/strong> or <strong>happens to them<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #009900;\">Direct Object (DO)<\/strong><\/span>: A direct object is a person or a thing that is <strong>directly affected by the action<\/strong> of the verb.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">Indirect Object (IO)<\/strong><\/span>: An indirect object is a person or thing <strong>the action is intended to<\/strong> benefit or harm.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #af08a1;\">Adjective (A)<\/strong><\/span>: Adjectives are <strong>describing words<\/strong> that tell you more about a person or thing such as appearance or size.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">Adverb (AV)<\/strong><\/span>: Adverbs are words like <strong>slowly<\/strong>, <strong>happily<\/strong> or <strong>now<\/strong> which are usually used to <strong>give you further information<\/strong> about when, how or in what circumstances something happens.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #fba90c;\">How to form a German Sentence<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\n<u><strong>Sentences with a subject, verb and direct object:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nIn a typical German sentence the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">subject (S)<\/span> of the sentence comes first followed by the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #009900;\">direct object (DO)<\/span> at the end. That&#8217;s the same in English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ich (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">spreche (V)<\/span> f\u00fcnf <span style=\"color: #009900;\">Sprachen (DO)<\/span>. \u21e8 I speak five languages.<\/p>\n<p>\n<u><strong>Sentences with a subject, verb and adjective:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nAs in English, the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">subject (S)<\/span> of the sentence comes first, followed by the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span> and then the <span style=\"color: #af08a1;\">adjective (A)<\/span> at the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sie (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">ist (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #af08a1;\">sch\u00f6n (A)<\/span>. \u21e8 She is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>\n<u><strong>Sentences with a subject, verb, direct object and adjective:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nAs in English, German <span style=\"color: #af08a1;\">adjectives (A)<\/span> come before the <span style=\"color: #009900;\">object (O)<\/span> they describe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Rosen (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">sind (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #af08a1;\">sch\u00f6ne (A)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #009900;\">Blumen (O)<\/span>. \u21e8 Roses are beautiful flowers.<\/p>\n<p>\n<u><strong>Sentences with a subject, verb, direct object and adverb:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nIn English, <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">adverbs<\/span> can appear in different places within a sentence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">Now<\/span> he lives in England.<br \/>\nHe lives in England <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">now<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the same in German.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">adverb (AV)<\/span> can be placed after the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p>\n<strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Er (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\"> wohnt (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">jetzt (AV)<\/span> in <span style=\"color: #009900;\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #009900;\">England (DO)<\/span>. \u21e8 He lives in England now.<\/p>\n<li>But this is not fixed. Adverbs can be also placed at the beginning of the sentence. However if you start a German sentence with an <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">adverb (AV)<\/span> the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">subject (S)<\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span> will swap places.<\/li>\n<p>\n<strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">Jetzt (AV)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\"> wohnt (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">er (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #009900;\"><\/span> in <span style=\"color: #009900;\">England (DO)<\/span>. \u21e8 Now he lives in England.<\/ul>\n<p><u><strong>Sentences with a subject, verb, direct object and indirect object:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">subject (S)<\/span> of the sentence comes first, followed by the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span>, then the <span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">indirect object (IO)<\/span> and finally the <span style=\"color: #009900;\">direct object (DO)<\/span> at the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ich (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">gebe (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">ihm (IO)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #009900;\"><\/span> das <span style=\"color: #009900;\">Geld (DO)<\/span>. \u21e8 I give him the money.<\/p>\n<p>\n<u><strong>Sentences with a subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, and adverb:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">subject (S)<\/span> of the sentence comes first, followed by the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span>, then the <span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">indirect object (IO)<\/span> then the <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">adverb (AV)<\/span> and finally the <span style=\"color: #009900;\">direct object (DO)<\/span> at the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ich (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">gebe (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">ihm (IO)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">heute (AV)<\/span> das <span style=\"color: #009900;\">Geld (DO)<\/span>. \u21e8 I give him the money today.<\/p>\n<p>However this is not fixed. You can also start a sentence with the adverb. Once again, if you start a German sentence with an <span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">adverb (AV)<\/span> the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">subject (S)<\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span> will swap places.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #fe0ec3;\">Heute (AV)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">gebe (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ich (S)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">ihm (IO)<\/span> das <span style=\"color: #009900;\">Geld (DO)<\/span>. \u21e8 Today I give him the money.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #fba90c;\">How to form a German Question<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\n<strong><u>Asking a question by changing the word order:<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nYou can change a statement into a question by just swapping around the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">subject (S)<\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">verb (V)<\/span> and adding a question mark at the end of the sentence. However, this is only possible with questions that can be answered with either <strong>yes<\/strong> or <strong>no<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sprechen (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sie (S)<\/span> Deutsch? \u21e8 Do you speak German?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Wohnst (V)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">du (S)<\/span> in England? \u21e8 Do you live in England?<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><u>Asking a question by using a question word<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nA question word is a word like <strong>who<\/strong>, <strong>why<\/strong> or <strong>when<\/strong> that is used to ask for more information. As in English, the <span style=\"color: #009900;\">question word (Q)<\/span> is placed at the beginning of a question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #009900;\">Wo (Q)<\/span> wohnst du? \u21e8 Where do you live?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #009900;\">Woher (Q)<\/span> kommen Sie? \u21e8 Where are you from?<\/p>\n<p>Below is a table with important question words<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Table: Important Question Words<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"grammar-table\" style=\"width:50%\">\n<tr>\n<th width=\"150\">German<\/th>\n<th width=\"150\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>wann<\/td>\n<td>when<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>warum<\/td>\n<td>why<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>was<\/td>\n<td>what<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>wer<\/td>\n<td>who<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>wie<\/td>\n<td>how<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>wie viele<\/td>\n<td>how many<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>wo<\/td>\n<td>where<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>woher<\/td>\n<td>where from<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"grammar-table\">\n<tr>\n<th>Tip<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Although it is important and will help your German move in leaps and bounds, you will get it wrong from time to time. Do not worry as although it may sound a little weird to a native German, you will be understood and they will still have great respect for you as you gave it your best shot. Remember, learning a language is all about being able to communicate in that language, not to get everything spot on first time. Learn and enjoy!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Word Order The word order is one of the biggest aspects of learning German and one of the first challenges to get your head round. Practice makes perfect and soon the word order will be natural to you but in the meantime use this grammar guide to help keep on top of it. 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