Exchanging Sentence Components
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Now you can formulate a sentence that contains a lot of important information.
Maybe you realize on the basis of my text that I don’t always conform to this order, like in the previous sentence.
Now, therefore, we get to the creative freedom of the German language. It is allowed to put each component of your sentence at the beginning of the sentence, except for the predicate.
Subject: “I explain to you today online the German sentence structure.” (S-P-iO-Z-O-dO)
Indirect object: “To you explain I today online the German sentence structure.” (iO-P-S-Z-O-dO)
Time: “Today explain I to you online the German sentence structure.” (Z-P-S-iO-O-dO)
Location: “Online explain I to you today the German sentence structure.” (O-P-S-iO-Z-dO)
Direct object: “The German sentence structure explain I to you today online.” (dO-P-S-iO-Z-O)
All five sentences convey exactly the same information!
However, please note that subject and predicate are reversed as soon as you put a different component at the beginning.
In a main clause, the predicate is always second!
Otherwise, feel free to form the sentence the way you like it.
I recommend that in the beginning, you stick with the simple version with sentences starting with the subject. The other variants basically serve to diversify your texts or conversations.
For example, people don’t like to see each sentence to start with “I”. In this case, you would change the second sentence that you would have also started with “I” so that a different sentence component is at the beginning.
Jetzt kannst du schon einen Satz bilden, der viele wichtige Informationen enthält.
Now you can formulate a sentence that contains a lot of important information.
Vielleicht fällt dir anhand meines Textes auf, dass ich mich wie im vorigen Satz nicht immer an diese Reihenfolge halte.
Maybe you realize on the basis of my text that I don’t always conform to this order, like in the previous sentence.
Daher kommen wir nun zu der gestalterischen Freiheit der deutschen Sprache. Es ist erlaubt, jeden Baustein deines Satzes an den Satzanfang zu setzen, ausgenommen das Prädikat.
Now, therefore, we get to the creative freedom of the German language. It is allowed to put each component of your sentence at the beginning of the sentence, except for the predicate.
Subjekt: „Ich erkläre dir heute online den deutschen Satzbau.“ (S-P-iO-Z-O-dO)
Subject: “I explain to you today online the German sentence structure.” (S-P-iO-Z-O-dO)
Indirektes Objekt: „Dir erkläre ich heute online den deutschen Satzbau.“ (iO-P-S-Z-O-dO)
Indirect object: “To you explain I today online the German sentence structure.” (iO-P-S-Z-O-dO)
Zeit: „Heute erkläre ich dir online den deutschen Satzbau.“ (Z-P-S-iO-O-dO)
Time: “Today explain I to you online the German sentence structure.” (Z-P-S-iO-O-dO)
Ort: „Online erkläre ich dir heute den deutschen Satzbau.“ (O-P-S-iO-Z-dO)
Location: “Online explain I to you today the German sentence structure.” (O-P-S-iO-Z-dO)
Direktes Objekt: „Den deutschen Satzbau erkläre ich dir heute online.“ (dO-P-S-iO-Z-O)
Direct object: “The German sentence structure explain I to you today online.” (dO-P-S-iO-Z-O)
Alle fünf Sätze vermitteln exakt dieselbe Information!
All five sentences convey exactly the same information!
Bitte beachte jedoch, dass Subjekt und Prädikat vertauscht werden, sobald du einen anderen Satzbaustein an den Anfang stellst.
However, please note that subject and predicate are reversed as soon as you put a different component at the beginning.
In einem Hauptsatz steht das Prädikat immer an zweiter Stelle!
In a main clause, the predicate is always second!
Es steht dir ansonsten frei den Satz so zu bilden, wie du es magst.
Otherwise, feel free to form the sentence the way you like it.
Ich empfehle dir dennoch, erstmal bei der einfachen Variante mit dem Subjekt am Satzanfang zu bleiben. Die anderen Varianten dienen grundsätzlich der Vielfältigkeit deiner Texte oder Gespräche.
I recommend that in the beginning, you stick with the simple version with sentences starting with the subject. The other variants basically serve to diversify your texts or conversations.
Es ist zum Beispiel nicht gerne gesehen jeden Satz mit „ich“ zu beginnen. In diesem Fall würdest du den zweiten Satz, den du auch mit „ich“ begonnen hättest, umstellen, sodass ein anderer Satzbaustein zu Beginn steht.
For example, people don’t like to see each sentence to start with “I”. In this case, you would change the second sentence that you would have also started with “I” so that a different sentence component is at the beginning.