WORD ORDER I go home I am going home I do go home Ich gehe nach Hause. German has only one way to express the present tense
WORD ORDER Tonight, Gordon is going to the movie theatre. Gordon is going to the movie theatre tonight. Tonight, Gordon goes to the movie theatre. Gordon goes to the movie theatre tonight.
WORD ORDER Tonight, Gordon is going to the movie theatre. Heute abend geht Gordon ins Kino. Gordon geht heute abend ins Kino. (Ins Kino geht Gordon heute abend.) The cardinal rule of word order in German is to put the verb in second position. Second position does not mean second word, but second grammatical element.
WORD ORDER In the summer, I ride my bike to the university Im Sommer fahre ich mit dem Fahrrad zur Uni. Ich fahre im Sommer mit dem Fahrrad zur Uni. Parts of the sentence are arranged in the following order: time - manner - place
WORD ORDER In the winter, I take the streetcar to the university Im Winter nehme ich die Straßenbahn zur Uni.
WORD ORDER In the winter, I take the streetcar to the university Ich nehme im Winter die Straßenbahn zur Uni.
verb adverb gern = adverb He drives fast The party started early gern => to like (verb) to do s.th. I like to play Basketball I play (to like) Basketball Ich spiele gern Basketball Er sieht gern Filme. Sie hört gern Jazz
Es gibt The expression es gibt (from the verb geben = to give) meansthere exists, but is usually represented in English by there is (singular) or there are (plural) Es gibt nur eine Universität in Wolfville. (There is only one University in Wolfville.) Es gibt viele Restaurants in Wolfville. (There are many restaurants in Wolfville.)