Knowing when to use the dative and accusative in a german sentence is a major hurdle for many students. equally as important is the sentence structure when using the accusative and dative cases.compared to english, there are more options, depending on your word choice.. A simple main clause in german can be written with the same word order as english: ich gab dem jungen einen ball. i gave the boy a ball. however, unlike in english, the word order in a main clause can also be rearranged to emphasize something other than the subject by putting it first – so long as the conjugated verb remains in the second position:. In german we can move the time phrase to the front too, but after that the structure has to change. here's the same sentence in german, starting with the time phrase 'tonight.' heute abend gehen.
Sentence structure or word order (wortstellung) is more flexible in german than in many other languages thanks to the cases. but there are some rules to follow. click on one of the links below for an in-depth look at word order and sentence structure in german grammar.. German sentence construction it is also important to not only learn the various verbs , adverbs , etc., in the german language, but in order to speak with people or read it you must know how to form sentences properly.. The sentence structure in german is more flexible then in many other languages. nevertheless there are some rules for word order that you have to follow. this chapter is all about german word order and sentence structure..
