position of complements

💡 Grammar Rule

The Position of Fixed Verb Complements in German In German sentence structure, the verbal bracket (Satzklammer) determines where words are placed...

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Have you waited long for the bus?

Hast du lange auf den Bus gewartet?

I have waited twenty minutes for line ten.

Ich habe zwanzig Minuten auf die Linie zehn gewartet.

Peter suddenly threw the ball into the garden.

Peter hat den Ball plötzlich in den Garten geworfen.

That was really mean of him!

Das war wirklich gemein von ihm!

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