What’s on the German Word Order poster
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.
- In a main clause the conjugated verb is always the second element. In a subordinate c…
- Main: [ 1 ] VERB [ rest ] · Subordinate: weil [ rest ] VERB
- Ich gehe heute ins Kino. = verb second
- Heute gehe ich ins Kino. = still verb second
- ..., weil ich heute ins Kino gehe. = verb last
- Common mistake: Heute ich gehe ins Kino → Heute gehe ich ins Kino
Extra information orders as TeKaMoLo: Time, Cause, Manner, Place.
Questions about the German Word Order poster
- What’s on the German Word Order poster?
- The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. In a main clause the conjugated verb is always the second element. In a subordinate c…; Main: [ 1 ] VERB [ rest ] · Subordinate: weil [ rest ] VERB; Ich gehe heute ins Kino. = verb second; Heute gehe ich ins Kino. = still verb second; ..., weil ich heute ins Kino gehe. = verb last; Common mistake: Heute ich gehe ins Kino → Heute gehe ich ins Kino. Extra information orders as TeKaMoLo: Time, Cause, Manner, Place.
- Who is the German Word Order poster for?
- German Word Order belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the German Word Order poster?
- Find the verb before you translate. Its position tells you what kind of clause you are in. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so German Word Order belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with German Word Order?
- Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside German Word Order in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
- Is the German Word Order poster free to download and print?
- Yes. German Word Order downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the German Word Order poster print at?
- German Word Order is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of German Word Order loses nothing.Printing guide
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