2007-10-31 05:22:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
ANY word changes the word order in a German sentence (=causes inversion of subject and verb) if it's put at the beginning of a sentence instead of the subject. Unlike the English "now" which is put either at the beginning like in German ("Now I'm reading a book"= "Jetzt lese ich ein Buch") for emphasis, or at the end (I'm reading a book now = "Ich lese jetzt ein Buch") the German "jetzt" normally follows the verb it qualifies.
2007-10-31 19:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jetzt is an adverb, so it will go in the same places that an adverb would go. The second answerer is correct that if jetzt appears in first position in a sentence, it will cause the subject and verb to invert, because German always wants the verb to be in second position of the main clause.
2007-11-02 02:27:23 · answer #2 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in German the time adverb JETZT changes the word order like in these example:
Du liest ein Buch.
Du liest JETZT ein Buch.
JETZT liest du ein Buch.
Ich schaue mir Fotos an.
JETZT schaue ich mir Fotos an.
Ich schaue mir JETZT Fotos an.
Hope it helpes :D
2007-10-31 14:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by little.figure 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the same way as with any other adverb or phrase stuck to the beginning of a clause.
2007-10-31 16:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep! it changes like this :
als ich junger war hatte ich fussbal gespielt aber JETZT FINDE ICH fussbal langweilig!
hope this helped!
2007-10-31 12:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well...i don`t really know what you mean but i`ll try to give you an example
ich gehe nach Hause
JETZT gehe ich nach Hause
so... the word order changes
2007-10-31 14:27:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋