Adam Learns German

Basic Sentence Structure

One of most basic sentence structures consists of a subject plus a verb. For example 'I do'.  In German it is the same. Below is the German equivalent:

ich mache = I do

To make this sentence negative place 'nicht' after the verb to make 'I do not':

ich mache nicht

You can also make the sentence a question by swapping the positions of the verb and subject to make 'I do?':

mache ich?

Basic General Rules

Basic sentence:
subject + verb

Negative sentence:
subject + verb + 'nicht'

Question:
verb + subject + ?

In German verbs always occur in the second place. The only exception is for a question which does not use a 'question word' (who, why what etc) at the beginning (and for sentences without verbs).

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