I have been working on German for a while and have used many different resources for that learning. Your explanations are by far the best test I have found. Thank you and I look forward to learning more German with you.
Many thanks, Nancy! I'm thankful for your taking the time to let me know how they are helping you. Explanation is something I'm constantly striving to get better at! I'm also keen to keep creating new content as I have the time to help people like you.
German is found by many, including myself, to be a very complex and challenging language, but this might just be the key to making it simple. I'm sure this has significantly aided myself and many other German beginners; so with that, thank you for your work.
Quick Summary: - The 1st verb always has to be in the second position - 2nd verb goes at the end of the sentence - The rest is mostly flexible (like English)
Not only did I finally get understanding as to what the rules for German Syntax is, I also got a really helpful explanation for the English. I no longer feel 🥶 like an alien 👽 on this planet 🌎. Live long 🖖 and prosper.
Thank you SO MUCH for explaining this! Duolingo paves right through this without explaining it at all and I started feeling like I was crazy because I went from getting everything right to getting everything wrong. Now I'm finally back on the right track, thanks to you!
Ich kann jetzt endlich Deutsch und ich wollte dir nur sagen, dass mir das wirklich geholfen hat, als ich angefangen habe, die Sprache zu lernen. Du bist ein sehr guter Lehrer, dein Unterrichtsstil ist sehr effektiv. Danke. :)
Thanks for this easy to understand and straight to the point explanation. I have been learning on Duolingo and really been struggling with the word order as the app doesn't explain this so I've been getting frustrated. When looking for word orders online I've been inundated with complex terminology and information which has been overwhelming. This is exactly what I needed to know presented in a way that is easy to understand! Thank you :)
Ditto, also came here from Duolingo after being So frustrated with present, past Verbs as well as modifying Verbs. Ugh! The Mini Lessons the App has is all right, but hardly does the job explaining in Must Necessary detail. Dankeshon. And I'm getting close to the end of the Unit 2 (which is similar to 2 HS yrs) and I'm still bombing w/ past-Tense or combined Verbs.
Those apps aren’t enough for me. This video is great though. I really want to learn the language. I have a private Native German tutor and that is much needed. I feel these are good to use, but a teacher or tutor would be best along with use of those practice apps
Duolingo is not an effective app. It was never designed to really work. It was an afterthought of another cyber product. Research it and you'll see that it came from a place of guilt. People were working for free by helping read things a computer couldn't read... Look up Luis Von Ahn...
Vielen Dank! This was very clear and helpful! Thank you for touching on the urge as an English speaket to arrange sentence structure a specific way, which has been my biggest stumbling block to learing German. I will definetly be checking out your other videos.
Excellent way to decipher construction of a sentence. First verb has to be where it's - whether in English or German - but the second verb is tossed at the end in German - that is the key. For normal people it makes things topsy turvy. But you laid bare the trick. Danke!
Your the only person that I can understand whilst learning! Thankyou so much. I have been looking for hours for someone that I can understand clearly, and this is perfect. I can’t wait for more videos!
i just wanna thank you for how simple you made it look, i have been struggling to build a sentence in germen and you made it very easy and clear and i appreciated a lot. thank you so much
The most clear visual representation and explanations with english grammar comparisons. That's so clever. Before I teach german I usually make sure they understand what's going on in an English sentence too. Video is too underrated. It's great! Vielen Dank! Hope you receive more views and subscriptions! Einfach, klar und vielleicht das Beste, das ich gesehen habe!
Thank you for this, I have an online course from the library I've been using and it has mostly just taught me vocabulary and has moved onto sentences without teaching syntax; this helps so much more now. I like your format of using 1-5 positions, it sort of makes me feel like I'm learning music when remembering which verb noun goes where! lol
You deserve more subs. I'm sure the algorithm will show you some love eventually, as the presentation of these is excellent. I've only been learning German for about 12 weeks, but: "diese videos helfen mir, Deutsch zu lernen!".... Danke! Hallo aus England! I'm now subbed :)
This was an amazing video! It taught me so much in a way that was easy to understand. I look forward to more language lessons with your channel. Subscribed!
Thank you for helping my simple mind to understand this! I must confess, everything was running smoothly, and strangely every sentence I came across followed English rules, however one day that stopped. I've been confused ever since.
I started learning German 2 weeks ago and your video is very, very helpful!! You're very good at explaining. Your video is the best one I have come across! Thank you so much!! Keep up the good work!!🙏
Your videos are good , we’ll made and easy to understand , this video in particular made reading German easier for me . I was really confused on how the German language sentences were formed and you explained it easily ! Thank you
hello, I would like to ask a question on the fourth sentence in 7:21, why cant we just say "meine geschwister angekommen gestern zu haus", why do we have to add sind as a first verb? (which I am assuming is the same sind that means 'are').
Great question! So the reason is that this tense in German is like the “have arrived” tense in English where there are always two verbs, “have” and “arrived” (with this verb, it is obviously “are” and “arrived” in German). German does have the tense (simple past) where you can just say “arrived”, but it’s less common. Hope that helps!
Just can't thank you enough for this video it had proved very helpful to me.....and just a doubt regarding this we donot conjugate the 2nd verb right???
Good to hear! The second verb in the sentence will always be in the “infinitive” form (the base form of the verb with no ending) and be at the end of the sentence. We do a similar thing in English. E.g. “He plays” (s ending) but “He can play” (no ending on play).
As far as I know, the verbs ending for "Er" is -t, e.g _Er kommt aus Berlin_ . But why in the video it says "kommen" instead of "kommt"? Or is it another rule perhaps?
Ich habe eine Frage. I don't understand the positioning of stricke/knit in this sentence, "Wenn ich Zeit habe, stricke ich Socken." One of Duolingos questions. There is no discussion board for this question. The latter part of the sentence doesn't appear to be a relative clause, so the verb knit shouldn't shift to the end. Normally you would place the verb in the second position. Why isn't it ich stricke Socken? It appears that the first part of the sentence is a relative clause with habe on the end. Although there's a comma between them, I'm not used to seeing two verbs next to each other. My best guess right now is that the word order changes again when the introductory clause is relative. Maybe you can explain this to me.
Here the conditional clause indeed takes up the first spot. Same as if it was "Am Samstag stricke ich Socken", the condition acts like a time clause---because it is one. But the time is specified using a sub-sentence instead of a 2-word clause, so it needs a comma. (And because it is a time clause, it can pile up with other time clauses to occupy the first slot together. "Am Samstag, wenn ich Zeit habe, stricke ich Socken." is possible, as is "Socken stricke ich am Samstag, wenn ich Zeit habe" (or "Socken stricke ich, wenn ich Zeit habe, am Samstag"), but NOT "Socken, wenn ich Zeit habe, stricke ich am Samstag".)
This is a great question! The word "weil" makes the verb go to the last position. So the sentence would normally be "sie ist schön" but "weil" forces the "ist" to the end of the sentence. The word "weil" belongs to a category of words called "subordinating conjunctions" which do this, words like "dass" and "obwohl".
For me, that second verb placement always creates an element of surprise or mystery in a sentence. Imagine your pretty classmate starts by saying... Ich möchte (she wants something) Ich möchte heute Abend (Hmmm...she wants something tonight) Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir (she wants to do something with me tonight!) Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir bei mir (she wants to do something with met tonight at her place!!) Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir bei mir lernen. (Sigh...she wants to study) 😂😂😂
I have been working on German for a while and have used many different resources for that learning. Your explanations are by far the best test I have found. Thank you and I look forward to learning more German with you.
Many thanks, Nancy! I'm thankful for your taking the time to let me know how they are helping you. Explanation is something I'm constantly striving to get better at! I'm also keen to keep creating new content as I have the time to help people like you.
@@mugridgelanguage Thank you for your kind reply. I look forward to your future videos and to understanding more German grammar with you. Take care.
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Completely agree...
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This guy clearly is the absolute best German teacher on youtube
German is found by many, including myself, to be a very complex and challenging language, but this might just be the key to making it simple. I'm sure this has significantly aided myself and many other German beginners; so with that, thank you for your work.
Hey, German here! Great video!
Basically the conjugated verb always comes at the second place while the infinitive (second) verb comes at the end :)
Quick Summary:
- The 1st verb always has to be in the second position
- 2nd verb goes at the end of the sentence
- The rest is mostly flexible (like English)
Not only did I finally get understanding as to what the rules for German Syntax is, I also got a really helpful explanation for the English.
I no longer feel 🥶 like an alien 👽 on this planet 🌎. Live long 🖖 and prosper.
I am so thankful for an explanation of German Word Order that I can understand!
Good to hear!
This is the best explanation of German word order I have come across. I have been studying German for two years.
Thanks for the encouragement!
finally someone who doesn't spend the first 10 minutes re-teaching me english sentence construction and gets straight to the point
Thanks for the comment
Thank you SO MUCH for explaining this! Duolingo paves right through this without explaining it at all and I started feeling like I was crazy because I went from getting everything right to getting everything wrong. Now I'm finally back on the right track, thanks to you!
No worries, so glad I could help you in your German learning journey!
which section are you in right now?
I am in a same situation right now, I hope I can get through this inshAllah
I’ve spent hours trying to wrap my head around this and your video has finally worked for my brain, Danke!
Great to hear! Thanks for commenting to let me know
Thanks!
Ich kann jetzt endlich Deutsch und ich wollte dir nur sagen, dass mir das wirklich geholfen hat, als ich angefangen habe, die Sprache zu lernen. Du bist ein sehr guter Lehrer, dein Unterrichtsstil ist sehr effektiv. Danke. :)
Thanks for this easy to understand and straight to the point explanation. I have been learning on Duolingo and really been struggling with the word order as the app doesn't explain this so I've been getting frustrated. When looking for word orders online I've been inundated with complex terminology and information which has been overwhelming. This is exactly what I needed to know presented in a way that is easy to understand! Thank you :)
No worries! Very happy to help out people like you who are looking for simple yet clear grammatical explanations.
Ditto, also came here from Duolingo after being So frustrated with present, past Verbs as well as modifying Verbs. Ugh! The Mini Lessons the App has is all right, but hardly does the job explaining in Must Necessary detail. Dankeshon. And I'm getting close to the end of the Unit 2 (which is similar to 2 HS yrs) and I'm still bombing w/ past-Tense or combined Verbs.
Those apps aren’t enough for me. This video is great though. I really want to learn the language. I have a private Native German tutor and that is much needed. I feel these are good to use, but a teacher or tutor would be best along with use of those practice apps
Duolingo is not an effective app. It was never designed to really work. It was an afterthought of another cyber product. Research it and you'll see that it came from a place of guilt. People were working for free by helping read things a computer couldn't read...
Look up Luis Von Ahn...
Vielen Dank! This was very clear and helpful! Thank you for touching on the urge as an English speaket to arrange sentence structure a specific way, which has been my biggest stumbling block to learing German. I will definetly be checking out your other videos.
It's incredible! Just one short video and I can finally make sentences in German so easily and without pain. Thanks a lot!
I've spoken Deutsch for 10 years with horrible Grammatik. This was very helpful.
Cheers!
Excellent way to decipher construction of a sentence. First verb has to be where it's - whether in English or German - but the second verb is tossed at the end in German - that is the key. For normal people it makes things topsy turvy. But you laid bare the trick. Danke!
Omfg 😂 you are a straight up a gift from God I have spent thousands of hrs memorizing different orders per sentence then I found this 🙌🏻
Good to hear it was helpful!
You have a magical way to teach. The English-German comparison made it so easy to comprehend.
Thnx
Thank you so much for the detailed explanations and thorough videos. You're easily the best German language teacher on RUclips🙌.
Your the only person that I can understand whilst learning! Thankyou so much. I have been looking for hours for someone that I can understand clearly, and this is perfect. I can’t wait for more videos!
Glad I could help!
i just wanna thank you for how simple you made it look, i have been struggling to build a sentence in germen and you made it very easy and clear and i appreciated a lot. thank you so much
The most clear visual representation and explanations with english grammar comparisons. That's so clever. Before I teach german I usually make sure they understand what's going on in an English sentence too. Video is too underrated. It's great! Vielen Dank! Hope you receive more views and subscriptions!
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I've just discovered your videos. Sir, this is a most excellent presentation. Ausgezeichtnet, danke!
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Thanks for the encouraging comment!
Thank you for this, I have an online course from the library I've been using and it has mostly just taught me vocabulary and has moved onto sentences without teaching syntax; this helps so much more now. I like your format of using 1-5 positions, it sort of makes me feel like I'm learning music when remembering which verb noun goes where! lol
Thank you very much 7 Years in Germany and now i understand some thing from you thank you a lot
No worries! Happy to help.
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German was complicated for me until I found your videos.
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Excellent explanation. Thanks. You make German look easy.
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You deserve more subs. I'm sure the algorithm will show you some love eventually, as the presentation of these is excellent. I've only been learning German for about 12 weeks, but: "diese videos helfen mir, Deutsch zu lernen!".... Danke! Hallo aus England! I'm now subbed :)
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@@mugridgelanguage Where can I find the part 2 or continuation of the video
This was an amazing video! It taught me so much in a way that was easy to understand. I look forward to more language lessons with your channel. Subscribed!
Your explanations are fantastic. Danke!
Thank you for helping my simple mind to understand this! I must confess, everything was running smoothly, and strangely every sentence I came across followed English rules, however one day that stopped. I've been confused ever since.
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I started learning German 2 weeks ago and your video is very, very helpful!! You're very good at explaining. Your video is the best one I have come across! Thank you so much!! Keep up the good work!!🙏
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Your videos are good , we’ll made and easy to understand , this video in particular made reading German easier for me . I was really confused on how the German language sentences were formed and you explained it easily ! Thank you
No worries! Very glad to help you in some way.
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This is so easy to understand I can't believe I can understand you better than people in my country explain
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thank you so much for making this! you're voice is super calming and helps me to focus - also you explain this really well!! viele danke!
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5:44 can the Time, Manner and Place be interchanged as well please?
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Wow thank you so much. Eventhough i studied so far i was really struggling with this word order. Videlen Danke ♥️
No worries! All the best
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hello, I would like to ask a question on the fourth sentence in 7:21, why cant we just say "meine geschwister angekommen gestern zu haus", why do we have to add sind as a first verb? (which I am assuming is the same sind that means 'are').
Great question! So the reason is that this tense in German is like the “have arrived” tense in English where there are always two verbs, “have” and “arrived” (with this verb, it is obviously “are” and “arrived” in German). German does have the tense (simple past) where you can just say “arrived”, but it’s less common. Hope that helps!
@@mugridgelanguage Aha, that makes sense now, thank you very much :)
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Just can't thank you enough for this video it had proved very helpful to me.....and just a doubt regarding this we donot conjugate the 2nd verb right???
That’s right - never conjugate the second verb in a sentence!
can someone explain to me please, in the end of the sentences, is it always have “en“ in the end of the 2nd verb ?
The second verb doesn’t get conjugated so usually yea it’ll be -en but there are a few exceptions
@LucaMiro-s2p thanks, i apreciate if you maybe want to give me an example for the exceptions u have meant
Hello great video! Can you cover word over for subordinate clauses
Ok, wow, I *think* I may be starting to understand!! Quick question though, how come an 'N' gets shoved on the second verb? 'GeheN' and 'kommeN' etc?
Good to hear! The second verb in the sentence will always be in the “infinitive” form (the base form of the verb with no ending) and be at the end of the sentence. We do a similar thing in English. E.g. “He plays” (s ending) but “He can play” (no ending on play).
As far as I know, the verbs ending for "Er" is -t, e.g _Er kommt aus Berlin_ . But why in the video it says "kommen" instead of "kommt"? Or is it another rule perhaps?
This is very good and is very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
How are your videos organised? I struggle to find a logic…
this has been so helpful
Glad to hear.
Ich habe eine Frage. I don't understand the positioning of stricke/knit in this sentence, "Wenn ich Zeit habe, stricke
ich Socken." One of Duolingos questions. There is no discussion board for this question. The latter part of the sentence doesn't appear to be a relative clause, so the verb knit shouldn't shift to the end. Normally you would place the verb in the second position. Why isn't it ich stricke Socken? It appears that the first part of the sentence is a relative clause with habe on the end. Although there's a comma between them, I'm not used to seeing two verbs next to each other. My best guess right now is that the word order changes again when the introductory clause is relative. Maybe you can explain this to me.
Here the conditional clause indeed takes up the first spot. Same as if it was "Am Samstag stricke ich Socken", the condition acts like a time clause---because it is one. But the time is specified using a sub-sentence instead of a 2-word clause, so it needs a comma.
(And because it is a time clause, it can pile up with other time clauses to occupy the first slot together. "Am Samstag, wenn ich Zeit habe, stricke ich Socken." is possible, as is "Socken stricke ich am Samstag, wenn ich Zeit habe" (or "Socken stricke ich, wenn ich Zeit habe, am Samstag"), but NOT "Socken, wenn ich Zeit habe, stricke ich am Samstag".)
Sehr Helfrich kanal. Danke
Thank you. I will get eventually, maybe.
Very useful thank you sir
A nice style thanks
I figure if I watch this enough I will just memorize the entire video and Therefore the content of the video
could you explain the order in this sentence : "ich liebe sie, weil sie schön ist" ? thank you
This is a great question! The word "weil" makes the verb go to the last position. So the sentence would normally be "sie ist schön" but "weil" forces the "ist" to the end of the sentence. The word "weil" belongs to a category of words called "subordinating conjunctions" which do this, words like "dass" and "obwohl".
are you considering on making a full course for sale maybe?
Not at the moment, but definitely an option for the future!
For me, that second verb placement always creates an element of surprise or mystery in a sentence. Imagine your pretty classmate starts by saying...
Ich möchte (she wants something)
Ich möchte heute Abend (Hmmm...she wants something tonight)
Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir (she wants to do something with me tonight!)
Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir bei mir (she wants to do something with met tonight at her place!!)
Ich möchte heute Abend mit dir bei mir lernen. (Sigh...she wants to study) 😂😂😂
Good content ! Move up bro
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