GrammarA2· Mein Wochenplan

Satzbau: das Mittelfeld

Word order in the middle: objects, time, reason, manner, place

Kartoffel · your teacher

Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.

From what you know

Ich gebe meiner Schwester das Buch.Ich gebe es ihr morgen zurück.

6 parts · about 5 min

1What & when

In one line

After the verb, come first, then when, why, how and where: morgen mit dem Rad zur Arbeit.

Before

Ich fahre zur Arbeit.

Watch the sentence change …

morgen (when) and mit dem Rad (how) drop in before the place. The place stays last.

„Ich fahre morgen mit dem Rad zur Arbeit.“ — I'm cycling to work tomorrow.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

A German works like a bracket. The verb is in . Its second part, if it has one, goes at the end: a prefix, an or a . Everything in between is the middle of the sentence. The middle has a usual order.

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

Mein WochenplanEvery plan for the week is full of it. Who gets what: Ich gebe es dir. When, how and where: Ich fahre morgen mit dem Rad zur Arbeit. And what isn't happening: Ich komme morgen nicht mit dem Auto.

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