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German Lesson (64) - Word Order - Part 4 Direct & Indirect Objects - A2
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| 1. What is the significance of word order in German sentences? |  |
Ans. Word order is crucial in German sentences as it helps to convey the intended meaning and grammatical structure. The position of direct and indirect objects in relation to the verb plays a key role in determining the meaning of the sentence.
| 2. How does the word order change when both direct and indirect objects are present in a sentence? | |
Ans. In German, when both direct and indirect objects are present, the direct object usually comes before the indirect object. The word order typically follows the pattern: subject - direct object - indirect object - verb.
| 3. Can the word order be changed in German sentences with direct and indirect objects? | |
Ans. Yes, the word order in German sentences with direct and indirect objects can be changed for emphasis or stylistic reasons. However, the verb will always remain in the second position, and the direct object will still come before the indirect object.
| 4. Is it possible to have the indirect object before the direct object in German sentences? | |
Ans. While it is possible to have the indirect object before the direct object in German sentences, it is less common and typically occurs in specific contexts or for stylistic purposes. The general rule is to place the direct object before the indirect object.
| 5. What happens if the word order is incorrect in German sentences with direct and indirect objects? | |
Ans. Incorrect word order in German sentences with direct and indirect objects can lead to confusion or a change in meaning. It is important to follow the correct word order to ensure proper understanding of the sentence.
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hi guys Hana Lata welcome back to German
with Jenny today I want to talk to you
about the German sentence structure
I already made three videos on the
German sentence structure and the first
one I taught you where to place verbs in
a main clause in the second one I
explained how to form questions in
German and in the third one I taught you
where to position time manner and place
today I want to explain to you where to
put the direct and the indirect object
in a sentence if you do not know yet how
to identify the direct and indirect
objects in a sentence then I suggest you
take a look at these two videos first
now let's take a look at how to
structure a German sentence that has a
direct and an indirect object let's take
a look at the first sentence
Ishika deme chef ina email I'm sending
the boss an email each Shikha Dame chef
ina
email this sentence is in the present
tense and you may notice that the
indirect object comes first and it's
followed by the direct object so first
we have the dative case and then we have
the accusative case that's very
important you have to remember that
let's take a look at the second sentence
zis Act Elam man diva Hyde which means
she tells her husband the truth zis Act
yogaman diva hide this is also in the
present tense the indirect object comes
first
Elam Mun and it's followed by the direct
object D rawhide next example a gift
deaf cow
einen coos he gives the woman a kiss a
gift deaf cow einen cous dare foul is
the indirect object
and it's followed by the direct object
einen coos now let's see what happens
with separable verbs mario Nimtz I named
Buddha
- speeds are auto Vic Vic Neiman means
to take away and it's a separable verb
this sentence means Mario takes the toy
car away from his brother we have the
separable prefix Veck which is placed at
the end of the sentence Mario limped
zenon puta
- spits ugh Otto Vic sentence number
five is in the perfect tense let's see
what happens dear Fatih hat dim Kindt
ein Buch gaben the father gave the child
a book defeted
hat dim 'can't and bakugan so we have
the helping verb in second position and
we have the past participle gig eben in
the last position next example via haben
den ngoc pan Anika's to haul em foolin
we recommended a restaurant to the
neighbors via habe de NOC pan i'm Agosto
ha m fallen so the past participle m
fallen is in the last position and the
helping verb as usual is in the second
position what happens if we use the
future tense let's take a look
eat vada meinem Mota einen guichen
coffin i will buy my mother a gift
certificate eat vada
mana Mucha einen couch I'm Calvin so
we're conjugating the verb van and we're
putting that into the second position
and we have the infinitive Calvin which
is at the end of the sentence let's take
a look at a sentence with a modal verb
Zee Vidya annoys Otto deciding she wants
to show you her new car Zee Vidya Ian
noise auto-tagging so we're using the
mode
Reverb Valen which means to want and as
we know when we use motor verbs we have
to use an infinitive at the end of the
sentence and the infinitive here is
sigan Zee Vidya your noise outside let's
take a look at one more example using a
modal verb it can debussy ax 4 by
blingin which means I can drop the books
off at your place for Bible inga means
to drop something off
Oh H in this case has the meaning of at
your place okay can I die Busha 4 by
bringin the modal verb can is in the
second position and the infinitive for
Bible again is in the last position now
let's take a look at questions chicks to
dim chef de mail which means are you
sending the email to the boss chicks to
dim chef de mail this question is using
the present tense so we have the verb in
the first position sixth which is
followed by the subject then we have the
indirect object which is in the dative
case and the direct object which is the
accusative case the second example uses
a separable verb the separable verb here
is four by blingin to drop something off
for by building in putting in Xenia
deontological by which means are you
dropping the documents off at my place
bring in Xenia the unta log for by so
the separable prefix for by is at the
end of the question future tense verse
to dim practic Canton does you steam a
clearin will you explain the system to
the intern verse student practic Canton
the sistema clearin
so we have conjugated the verb viadon
which is versed in this case and we have
used the infinitive equation which is at
the end of the question modal verbs can
Xenia Dean fat chicken can she send
me the contract can Xenia Dean fat
chicken so we have the model verb cun in
the first position and the infinitive
chicken at the end of the question now
what happens if we use question words
question words are van via Viva home etc
let's take a look at this example
van games amia - boo - hook which means
when are you giving the book back to me
van games Amida butsu hook so in this
sentence we have one which is the
question word it's followed by the verb
gaben then we have this subject which is
followed by the indirect object and then
comes the direct object and this
sentence uses a separable verb to look
given to give back so we have to place
the separable prefix at the end next
example via hat Dean Condon Dean fat
Rakesh eked who sent the contract to the
customer
they had dim Condon Dean fatah cooked so
here we have the question word via it's
followed by the helping verb hat we
don't have a subject here because the
question word via asks for the subject
who did something okay then we have the
indirect object it's followed by the
direct object and then we have the past
participle the indirect and direct
objects can also be pronouns let's take
a look what happens
ichika dim chef ina email I'm sending an
email to the bus
ichika dim chef I know MA so we already
know we learned today that we have the
indirect object first the dative case
and it's followed by the direct object
accusative we can also say a sheikah M
ina email I'm sending him an email
ichika in ina email we have the same
sentence structure
yeah gift Zenon Kindle di Busha he gives
the books to his kids eggy
Zenon kingdon di Busha we can also say a
gift Enon d Busha which means he gives
the books to them a gift in and apprecia
the structure remains the same
let's act deaf how does Otto he shows
the car to the woman at psyched deaf how
does Otto yet psyched eeeh das Auto he
shows the car to her at psyched
eeeh das Auto same structure now it's
time to pay attention if the direct
object is a pronoun the structure
changes the direct object comes first
and it's followed by the indirect object
so they switch positions
if shake is e dim chef I'm sending it to
the boss Ishika Zee dim chef we're using
Z here because it replaces D email which
is a feminine noun in German D email we
can also replace Dame chef with a
pronoun if she Kazim I'm sending it to
him she Kazim next example I get Z Zenon
Kendon so here we have replaced D Busha
with a pronoun which is Zee
dizzy Zenon canden we can also replace
Zenon Kingdon with a pronoun a gibbsy
enan he gives them to them a get the
inin yet psyched as deaf how so here
we're replacing das Auto with a pronoun
at site s deaf how we can also replace
they allow with a pronoun ad psyched as
yeah he shows it to her at psyched as
yeah now let's take a look at some more
examples Estonia island go Fallon
tune could you do me a favor
can't Estonia einen goof Alan tune the
indirect object in the sentence is MIA
and the direct object is einen the
fallen the formal version is
insignia bitte einen Givaudan tune
cantons amia bitte einen goof Alan tune
comes to Mia and Goethe says Doha and
falen can you recommend a good
restaurant to me can't Estonia I'm goo
testosterone and feelin conscious - Mia
at VA's GERD lion could you lend me some
money
Cantus - Mia at was get lion Sol HDMI no
all apps photos siding should I show you
my vacation photos Celestia minor lapse
photos sagging the indirect object is
dia and the direct object is minor lapse
photos comes to me I'm be a bringin can
you get me a beer cans - Mia NBA blingin
cans - Mia and glass vine boring in can
you get me a glass of wine cans - Mia
I'm glass vine boring in comes to me
einen Kaffee booting in can you get me a
coffee
comes to Mia einen Kaffee bringin
farmhouse Ramirez next exact why didn't
you tell me that
varam hasta Mira's next exact it even
showed ya alles gute zum Geburtstag this
is something that you could write in a
card or in an email it even showed dia
under scooter Tsonga BOTS dark Ahab me a
niched
diva hide cos act he didn't tell me the
truth
it had me a niche divides act a hat day
my red tongue's Zanna Tita Devon the get
psyched
he showed the wound to the paramedic a
hat day marathons Zanna Tita D Vonnegut
psyched the indirect object is dim and
Vuitton's Anita and the direct object is
D Vonda a hat sign and Kingdon ina spun
on de Guiche de at CH he told his
children a captivating story a hat sign
and kin done I know Shannon de guiche
debts yet Zenon kingdon is the indirect
object and I know Shannon de guiche
Ishta is the direct object Matias Daphne
mid Stein and Wathan Zanna Mota hat as
in Hobbiton Matias is not allowed to
throw rocks
his mother forbid him to do so or
literally his mother forbid it to him in
this case the direct object is a pronoun
s and it refers to the action of
throwing rocks okay and we learned today
that if the direct object is a pronoun
we have to switch the positions of the
direct and the indirect object so that's
why we have to say Z hat s m-14s
accusative in dative s direct object in
indirect object
Matias Daffy nicht mich Steinem boffin
Zanna muta
hat as in verboten vom has stood in
Kingdon den by the OPCON omen
why did you take the ball away from the
children varam has stood in kingdon den
baila up cognomen dean kingdom is the
interact object and Dean Bal is the
direct object we can also say
varoom has to Enon den bal up cognomen
why did you take the ball away from them
varam has to in and in battle up
cognomen a Habs enough cow blue manga
shanked he gave his wife flowers a hat
sign of how blue manga shanked sign of
cow is the indirect object the dative
case and bloomin is the direct object
accusative zaalouk diya mine antennas
schlager line should I lend you my
tennis racket Sol idea mine and tennis
Schlegel line dia is the indirect object
and mine antennas schlager is the direct
object zehut Nia Dane on her sheet
Eclair she explained the difference to
me zehut Mia didn't untie sheet Eclair
in this sentence we use the pronoun as
the indirect object but that doesn't
change the structure the structure of
the sentence only changes if the direct
object is a pronoun z hat outhit octa
nor sugar coughed
she bought her daughter new shoes z @ y
la torta no Yahshua coughed as a little
child I often said if you build some
speed plotskin
two houses me a fresh potion I want to
go to the playground you promised or
literally you promised it to me give it
some speed plotskin
- hast s me a fresh pot on the direct
object is s which is a pronoun so that's
why the direct object comes before the
indirect object s Mia now you know how
to structure sentences that have a
direct and an indirect object if you
like my videos and you want to support
me you can visit my patreon page
patreon.com slash German with Jenny
Vaz non-spam next month cheese
with Jenny today I want to talk to you
about the German sentence structure
I already made three videos on the
German sentence structure and the first
one I taught you where to place verbs in
a main clause in the second one I
explained how to form questions in
German and in the third one I taught you
where to position time manner and place
today I want to explain to you where to
put the direct and the indirect object
in a sentence if you do not know yet how
to identify the direct and indirect
objects in a sentence then I suggest you
take a look at these two videos first
now let's take a look at how to
structure a German sentence that has a
direct and an indirect object let's take
a look at the first sentence
Ishika deme chef ina email I'm sending
the boss an email each Shikha Dame chef
ina
email this sentence is in the present
tense and you may notice that the
indirect object comes first and it's
followed by the direct object so first
we have the dative case and then we have
the accusative case that's very
important you have to remember that
let's take a look at the second sentence
zis Act Elam man diva Hyde which means
she tells her husband the truth zis Act
yogaman diva hide this is also in the
present tense the indirect object comes
first
Elam Mun and it's followed by the direct
object D rawhide next example a gift
deaf cow
einen coos he gives the woman a kiss a
gift deaf cow einen cous dare foul is
the indirect object
and it's followed by the direct object
einen coos now let's see what happens
with separable verbs mario Nimtz I named
Buddha
- speeds are auto Vic Vic Neiman means
to take away and it's a separable verb
this sentence means Mario takes the toy
car away from his brother we have the
separable prefix Veck which is placed at
the end of the sentence Mario limped
zenon puta
- spits ugh Otto Vic sentence number
five is in the perfect tense let's see
what happens dear Fatih hat dim Kindt
ein Buch gaben the father gave the child
a book defeted
hat dim 'can't and bakugan so we have
the helping verb in second position and
we have the past participle gig eben in
the last position next example via haben
den ngoc pan Anika's to haul em foolin
we recommended a restaurant to the
neighbors via habe de NOC pan i'm Agosto
ha m fallen so the past participle m
fallen is in the last position and the
helping verb as usual is in the second
position what happens if we use the
future tense let's take a look
eat vada meinem Mota einen guichen
coffin i will buy my mother a gift
certificate eat vada
mana Mucha einen couch I'm Calvin so
we're conjugating the verb van and we're
putting that into the second position
and we have the infinitive Calvin which
is at the end of the sentence let's take
a look at a sentence with a modal verb
Zee Vidya annoys Otto deciding she wants
to show you her new car Zee Vidya Ian
noise auto-tagging so we're using the
mode
Reverb Valen which means to want and as
we know when we use motor verbs we have
to use an infinitive at the end of the
sentence and the infinitive here is
sigan Zee Vidya your noise outside let's
take a look at one more example using a
modal verb it can debussy ax 4 by
blingin which means I can drop the books
off at your place for Bible inga means
to drop something off
Oh H in this case has the meaning of at
your place okay can I die Busha 4 by
bringin the modal verb can is in the
second position and the infinitive for
Bible again is in the last position now
let's take a look at questions chicks to
dim chef de mail which means are you
sending the email to the boss chicks to
dim chef de mail this question is using
the present tense so we have the verb in
the first position sixth which is
followed by the subject then we have the
indirect object which is in the dative
case and the direct object which is the
accusative case the second example uses
a separable verb the separable verb here
is four by blingin to drop something off
for by building in putting in Xenia
deontological by which means are you
dropping the documents off at my place
bring in Xenia the unta log for by so
the separable prefix for by is at the
end of the question future tense verse
to dim practic Canton does you steam a
clearin will you explain the system to
the intern verse student practic Canton
the sistema clearin
so we have conjugated the verb viadon
which is versed in this case and we have
used the infinitive equation which is at
the end of the question modal verbs can
Xenia Dean fat chicken can she send
me the contract can Xenia Dean fat
chicken so we have the model verb cun in
the first position and the infinitive
chicken at the end of the question now
what happens if we use question words
question words are van via Viva home etc
let's take a look at this example
van games amia - boo - hook which means
when are you giving the book back to me
van games Amida butsu hook so in this
sentence we have one which is the
question word it's followed by the verb
gaben then we have this subject which is
followed by the indirect object and then
comes the direct object and this
sentence uses a separable verb to look
given to give back so we have to place
the separable prefix at the end next
example via hat Dean Condon Dean fat
Rakesh eked who sent the contract to the
customer
they had dim Condon Dean fatah cooked so
here we have the question word via it's
followed by the helping verb hat we
don't have a subject here because the
question word via asks for the subject
who did something okay then we have the
indirect object it's followed by the
direct object and then we have the past
participle the indirect and direct
objects can also be pronouns let's take
a look what happens
ichika dim chef ina email I'm sending an
email to the bus
ichika dim chef I know MA so we already
know we learned today that we have the
indirect object first the dative case
and it's followed by the direct object
accusative we can also say a sheikah M
ina email I'm sending him an email
ichika in ina email we have the same
sentence structure
yeah gift Zenon Kindle di Busha he gives
the books to his kids eggy
Zenon kingdon di Busha we can also say a
gift Enon d Busha which means he gives
the books to them a gift in and apprecia
the structure remains the same
let's act deaf how does Otto he shows
the car to the woman at psyched deaf how
does Otto yet psyched eeeh das Auto he
shows the car to her at psyched
eeeh das Auto same structure now it's
time to pay attention if the direct
object is a pronoun the structure
changes the direct object comes first
and it's followed by the indirect object
so they switch positions
if shake is e dim chef I'm sending it to
the boss Ishika Zee dim chef we're using
Z here because it replaces D email which
is a feminine noun in German D email we
can also replace Dame chef with a
pronoun if she Kazim I'm sending it to
him she Kazim next example I get Z Zenon
Kendon so here we have replaced D Busha
with a pronoun which is Zee
dizzy Zenon canden we can also replace
Zenon Kingdon with a pronoun a gibbsy
enan he gives them to them a get the
inin yet psyched as deaf how so here
we're replacing das Auto with a pronoun
at site s deaf how we can also replace
they allow with a pronoun ad psyched as
yeah he shows it to her at psyched as
yeah now let's take a look at some more
examples Estonia island go Fallon
tune could you do me a favor
can't Estonia einen goof Alan tune the
indirect object in the sentence is MIA
and the direct object is einen the
fallen the formal version is
insignia bitte einen Givaudan tune
cantons amia bitte einen goof Alan tune
comes to Mia and Goethe says Doha and
falen can you recommend a good
restaurant to me can't Estonia I'm goo
testosterone and feelin conscious - Mia
at VA's GERD lion could you lend me some
money
Cantus - Mia at was get lion Sol HDMI no
all apps photos siding should I show you
my vacation photos Celestia minor lapse
photos sagging the indirect object is
dia and the direct object is minor lapse
photos comes to me I'm be a bringin can
you get me a beer cans - Mia NBA blingin
cans - Mia and glass vine boring in can
you get me a glass of wine cans - Mia
I'm glass vine boring in comes to me
einen Kaffee booting in can you get me a
coffee
comes to Mia einen Kaffee bringin
farmhouse Ramirez next exact why didn't
you tell me that
varam hasta Mira's next exact it even
showed ya alles gute zum Geburtstag this
is something that you could write in a
card or in an email it even showed dia
under scooter Tsonga BOTS dark Ahab me a
niched
diva hide cos act he didn't tell me the
truth
it had me a niche divides act a hat day
my red tongue's Zanna Tita Devon the get
psyched
he showed the wound to the paramedic a
hat day marathons Zanna Tita D Vonnegut
psyched the indirect object is dim and
Vuitton's Anita and the direct object is
D Vonda a hat sign and Kingdon ina spun
on de Guiche de at CH he told his
children a captivating story a hat sign
and kin done I know Shannon de guiche
debts yet Zenon kingdon is the indirect
object and I know Shannon de guiche
Ishta is the direct object Matias Daphne
mid Stein and Wathan Zanna Mota hat as
in Hobbiton Matias is not allowed to
throw rocks
his mother forbid him to do so or
literally his mother forbid it to him in
this case the direct object is a pronoun
s and it refers to the action of
throwing rocks okay and we learned today
that if the direct object is a pronoun
we have to switch the positions of the
direct and the indirect object so that's
why we have to say Z hat s m-14s
accusative in dative s direct object in
indirect object
Matias Daffy nicht mich Steinem boffin
Zanna muta
hat as in verboten vom has stood in
Kingdon den by the OPCON omen
why did you take the ball away from the
children varam has stood in kingdon den
baila up cognomen dean kingdom is the
interact object and Dean Bal is the
direct object we can also say
varoom has to Enon den bal up cognomen
why did you take the ball away from them
varam has to in and in battle up
cognomen a Habs enough cow blue manga
shanked he gave his wife flowers a hat
sign of how blue manga shanked sign of
cow is the indirect object the dative
case and bloomin is the direct object
accusative zaalouk diya mine antennas
schlager line should I lend you my
tennis racket Sol idea mine and tennis
Schlegel line dia is the indirect object
and mine antennas schlager is the direct
object zehut Nia Dane on her sheet
Eclair she explained the difference to
me zehut Mia didn't untie sheet Eclair
in this sentence we use the pronoun as
the indirect object but that doesn't
change the structure the structure of
the sentence only changes if the direct
object is a pronoun z hat outhit octa
nor sugar coughed
she bought her daughter new shoes z @ y
la torta no Yahshua coughed as a little
child I often said if you build some
speed plotskin
two houses me a fresh potion I want to
go to the playground you promised or
literally you promised it to me give it
some speed plotskin
- hast s me a fresh pot on the direct
object is s which is a pronoun so that's
why the direct object comes before the
indirect object s Mia now you know how
to structure sentences that have a
direct and an indirect object if you
like my videos and you want to support
me you can visit my patreon page
patreon.com slash German with Jenny
Vaz non-spam next month cheese
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