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German Language Asked by Anroop on October 25, 2021

I’m in self-learning phase. Please pardon me if you find it repeated/very basic.

My question is: I understand subject should be at first and verb shall be at second position. But how do we arrange rest of the sentence?

For example, in the following sentence.

Ich reise im August nach Paris.

Is it wrong to put it as follows?

Ich reise nach Paris im August.

One Answer

Both variations are correct, but

Ich reise im August nach Paris.

is more common or natural than

Ich reise nach Paris im August.

Another aspect that can influence the word order is emphasis. If you want to emphasise the point in time of your travel, you can use

Ich reise nach Paris im August (und nicht im September).

If you want to list your travel plans, it could also become

Im August reise ich nach Paris, und im September nach Rom.

As you see, while the word order subject - predicate - object(s) remains the foundation, it can be switched around if necessary.

As a side note, to use the verb "reisen" in this case feels a bit weird, more formal than necessary. In everyday speech, you probably would say

Ich fahre im August nach Paris.

meaning "I go to Paris in August" instead of "I travel to Paris in August".

Answered by Henning Kockerbeck on October 25, 2021

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