Note
Here traurig is used as an adverb, but it can be an adjective as well:Der traurige Mann geht zur Arbeit zurück.
Breakdown of Traurig geht er zurück zur Arbeit.
er
he
die Arbeit
the work
gehen
to go
zurück
back
traurig
sad
zur
to the; for the feminine, contraction of zu + der
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