The four basic sentence structures in German
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THE FOUR BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURES IN GERMAN
By Martin L. Loeffler
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Basic Sentence The basic sentence has a subject and a
verb. The subject and verb need to be together. The subject and verb need to agree.
(You need to conjugate every sentence) It most likely will have additional things
like adjectives or phrases
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Examples Ich spiele die Gitarre.
Subject and verb are together.
Er besucht Freunde. Subject and verb are conjugated.
Du hörst gern Musik nach der Schule. The rest of the stuff.
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Practice Du spiel_____ Musik. Du spielst_ Musik. _____ bin gut. _Ich_ bin gut. Ihr mach_______ Hausaufgaben gern. Ihr macht_ Hausaufgaben gern. _______ kommen aus Texas. Wir/Sie kommen aus Texas.
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How do we make a question?
Switch the subject and verb. Nothing else changes. Subject and verb are still conjugated. The English “are and do” do not
exist. (Are you walking to school?) German equivalent(Walk you to school?)
It does not make any sense in English but it is good German.
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Examples Spiele ich die Gitarre?
Subject and verb are still together but switched..
Besucht er Freunde? Subject and verb are still conjugated.
Hörst du gern Musik nach der Schule? The rest of the stuff is still there.
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Practice Ich suche einen Tennisball. Suche ich einen Tennisball? Du bist intelligent. Bist du intelligent? Wir finden dich häßlich. Finden wir dich häßlich? Du liebst mich nicht. Liebst du mich nicht?
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Key Questions They are made by using “Who, What,
Where, When, How” The Key Word or W-Word goes at the front
of the question. Nothing else from the question sentence
changes.
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Key Question Wordsor W - Words
Wer Wo Was Wie Woher Wann Warum Was für
Who Where What How From where When Why What type
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Examples Wie heisst du?
Subject and verb are switched.
Woher kommst du?
Wie findest du den Jungen? We only added the W-word/key word to the front
of a question. Was machst du?
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Practice _______ alt bist du? Wie _______ kommst du? Woher _______ bist du? Wo _______ spielst du? Was, Wo, Wann, Warum
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Dialect joke
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Verb in the second place or something at the beginning.
If I add a phrase or time or something at the beginning of the sentence, I then have a statement instead of a question.
We replace the W-word/Key word. The subject and verb are still switched. They are still conjugated.
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For instance Ich spiele Golf
Golf The subject and verb are switched.
It still is a statement.There is no comma so no new sentence is started.
heute
Heutespiele ich
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For instance Wo spiele ich Golf
spiele ich Golf. The subject and verb are still switched.
It changed from a question to a statement.There is no comma so no new sentence is started.Nothing changed in the rest of the sentence.
heute.
Heute
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Examples Nach der Schule tanze ich mit Freunden.
Um 10 Minuten nach 1 besuche ich Freunde.
Im Sommer spiele ich gern.
Am Wochenende habe ich Musik.
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Conclusion Regular Sentence. Du machst nichts nach der Schule. Question Sentence.
Machst du nichts nach der Schule?
Key Word QuestionWann machst du nichts nach der Schule?
Time/Something/Verb in second placeNach der Schule machst du nichts.