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Jun 19, 2018 - 05:43 PM
After completing a few more lessons and watching the tutorial again, I think I understand the placement of adverbs/adjectives like gut, auch, nicht, and viel a bit better. If they apply to the whole sentence, they go at the end. Otherwise, they go directly in front of whatever they apply to. In the example above, 'sehr gut' applies to the whole sentence, particularly to the verb kenne. If 'sehr gut' is placed in front of the direct object 'die Stadt am Meer,' it would imply the city is very good, not my knowledge of the city.
This is my understanding; any feedback is appreciated!
This is my understanding; any feedback is appreciated!
Jul 04, 2018 - 07:15 AM
That's right gsandler! Sometimes in the program several orders are possible, first because German is very flexible in a way and allows to "organize" a phrase in different ways, and secondly because it often depends on the speaker's intention and on the context, which in the exercises it is not always possible to determine.
So congrats for your good deductions! A trick that can help is that generally when something applies to the whole sentence it tends to go at the end, and when you want to emphasize something, you tend to put it at the beginning. Within this "flexibility" it is important to know the basic order rules though, so keep up the good work!
So congrats for your good deductions! A trick that can help is that generally when something applies to the whole sentence it tends to go at the end, and when you want to emphasize something, you tend to put it at the beginning. Within this "flexibility" it is important to know the basic order rules though, so keep up the good work!
Jul 06, 2018 - 01:46 PM
Thanks Emilie!
