Questions & Answers about Die Frau spielt auch.
Why does the verb spielt end with a -t?
The verb ending must match the subject, which is die Frau (the woman). Because "the woman" is a "she" (third-person singular), we take the base verb spielen (to play), drop the -en, and add -t to make spielt.
The English translation says "is playing," so why is there no word for "is" in the German sentence?
German doesn't have an "-ing" form (present continuous tense). You don't need a helping verb like "is." The single word spielt translates to both "plays" and "is playing"!
Could I say "Die Frau auch spielt," like we do in English ("The woman also plays")?
No, because German has a strict rule for statements: the verb is always the second idea in the sentence. This is called the V2 rule. Since Die Frau is in position 1, the verb spielt must go in position 2. That forces auch (also/too) to come after the verb.
Why is Frau capitalized?
In German, all nouns (words for people, places, things, or ideas) are capitalized, no matter where they show up in the sentence. Since Frau (woman) is a noun, it gets a capital letter.
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