2nd August, 2011

Sentence structure in subordinate clauses 1

posted 10 months ago

I’ve already written some posts about the sentence structure in statements and questions - but not about subordinate clauses, which is of course also very important to know!

The basic rule - and most important thing to remember - is: the conjugated verb comes last! (in English it doesn’t, so that’s why you might make mistakes in the beginning!)

Compare: Peter geht ins Bett, weil er müde ist. -> everything after the comma is the subordinate clause. The conjugated verb is “ist”.

Peter is going to bed because he IS tired. -> As you can see, the conjugated verb follows the subject in English.

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