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Pronouns

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…direct object, indirect object…

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Nouns

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…indirect object, direct object…

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one pronoun, one noun

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Pronoun first!

…indirect object pronoun, direct object…
…direct object pronoun, indirect object…

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Adjectives

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Adjectives goes before the noun they’re describing, uses adjective endings

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Verb

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Always in second position of sentence

Subject always before/after the verb, (must stay close!)

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Adverbs

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Time | Cause | Manner | Location

verb will be inserted anywhere in this order. as long as the adverbs are in this order
Ex-
time | verb | location
cause | verb | manner | location

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nicht

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always goes before the thing it is negating

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