Word Order 6.3

wohnst / du / wo

du / kommst / woher

All sentences require what two things -

• a noun and an adverb

• an adjective and a preposition

• a subject and a predicate

• a subject and a predator

Subjects can be -

• verbs

• adjectives or prepositions

• pronouns or prepositions

• nouns or pronouns

Predicates must have -

• a verb

• an adjective or preposition

• a pronoun or preposition

• a noun or pronoun

If you want to make a tag question (yes or no question) you have to

• put your left foot in and your left foot out...

• put the subject first and then the verb SV

• put the verb first and then the subject VS

• put the question word first and then the verb and then subject QVS

In a typical sentence what comes first?

• subject (noun or pronoun)

• predicate (verb)

• direct object (noun or pronoun)

• indirect object (noun or pronoun)

In a typical sentence what comes second?

• subject (noun or pronoun)

• predicate (verb)

• direct object (noun or pronoun)

• indirect object (noun or pronoun)

A tag question is one with the answer that is

• yes/no

• how much

• who

• where

In German if the subject is not in the first place, and something else is there (adverb, time, etc.),

the subject will automatically move to the ____ place, behind the verb.

• first

• second

• third