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Wiener Festwochen: inversion, time-manner-place

Travel and tourism: Los geht's

Unit Summary

This unit revisits the future tense, 2-verb structures and the present tense with future meaning. Word order with time-manner-place is consolidated in the context of travel plans.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use adverbs of time, manner, place correctly in statements and questions when learning about a visit to Vienna.

Key Notes

  • When two or more adverbs are in a sentence, the word order is time before manner before place (TMP).
  • Subject and verb invert in questions and in word order 2, where a sentence starts with a TMP adverb.
  • Wh- question words focus on time, manner, place, and TMP adverbs can start a sentence in reply.
  • Reading aloud benefits from initial silent rehearsal to focus on the sound-spelling correspondences.
  • Reading aloud also requires focus on cognates with different stress patterns from English.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • time-manner-place (TMP): the order of adverbs in a German sentence - time before manner before place, abbreviated to TMP
  • inversion: when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place in questions or word order 2

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • The time-manner-place rule means that all sentences must have time before manner before place.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

When two or more adverbs are in a sentence, the word order is time before manner before place (TMP). Subject and verb invert in questions and in word order 2, where a sentence starts with a TMP adverb.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'time-manner-place (TMP)'

the order of adverbs in a German sentence - time before manner before place, abbreviated to TMP. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: The time-manner-place rule means that all sentences must have time before manner before place. Correction: German sentences can start with any adverb to emphasise that element. The TMP order is then retained for any other adverbs in that sentence. For example, 'Mit dem Zug (M) werden wir morgen (T) nach Wien (P) fahren.'.

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