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His mother drinks whisky

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Seine Mutter trinkt Whisky

The order is subject, verb, object like in English

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She didn’t tell me anything

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Sie hat mir nichts gesagt

With 2 part verbs, the 2nd part goes to the end of the clause

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He arrived late

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Er ist spät angekommen

With 2 part verbs, the 2nd part goes to the end of the clause

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It would be bought for him

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Es würde für ihn gekauft

With 2 part verbs, the 2nd part goes to the end of the clause

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I gave the man the money

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Ich gab dem Mann das Geld

An indirect object generally follows the verb

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I gave it to him

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Ich gab es ihm

The direct object comes first except if the direct object is a pronoun

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He gave the money to his sister

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Er gab das Geld seiner Schwester

The indirect object can be placed last for emphasis

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We went to the theater yesterday

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Wir gingen gestern ins Theater

This phrase has the normal word order

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Yesterday we went to the theater

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Gestern gingen wir ins Theater

The adverb of time is placed first for emphasis

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They played football there

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Dort haben sie Fußball gespielt

The adverb of place is placed first for emphasis

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They play football well

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Sie spielen gut Fußball

Normal word order, adverb of place comes after the verb

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We found our way here easily yesterday

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Wir haben gestern gut hierhin gefunden

With more than one pronoun, the order is time, manner, place

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They bought it very cheaply yesterday

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Sie haben es gestern sehr billig gekauft

Pronouns come before adverbs

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The children we saw

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Die Kinder, die wir gesehen haben

A subordinate clause is introduced by a relative pronoun

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Since she didn’t want to swim, she didn’t come with us

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Da sie nicht schwimmen wollte, ist sie nicht mitgekommen

A subordinate clause is introduced by a subordinating conjunction

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I don’t know if he’s coming

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Ich weiß nicht, ob er kommt

A subordinate clause is introduced by a subordinating conjunction

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When I got home, I was very tired

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Als ich nach Hause kam, war ich ganz müde

The verb goes to the end of a subordinate clause

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If you find my cell phone, please call me

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Findest du mein Handy, so ruf mich bitte an

Here wenn is left out and the verb is not sent to the end of the clause

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She says she will do it within an hour

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Sie meint, sie werde es innerhalb einer Stunde schaffen

Indirect speech in which dass has been left out

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He didn’t want to show his friends

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Seinen Freunden wollte er es nicht zeigen

The indirect object is placed first for emphasis

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She didn’t try to help her friends

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Ihren Freunden zu helfen, hat sie nicht versucht

The indirect object is placed first for emphasis

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It was your sister

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Deine Schwester war es

Another noun is placed first

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It was her

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Sie war es

A pronoun is placed first for emphasis

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He never needed it

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Gebraucht hatte er nie

A past participle is placed first

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I was born in this house

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In diesem Haus bin ich auf die Welt gekommen

A phrase is placed first

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We never found out what was wrong with him.

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Was mit ihm los war, haben wir nie herausgefunden.

A clause acting as object is placed first

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Seeing him, I went home

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Nachdem ich ihn gesehen hatte, ging ich nach Hause

A subordinate phrase is placed first

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