Breakdown of Er bringt zwanzig Stühle mit.
er
he
der Stuhl
the chair
mitbringen
to bring along
zwanzig
twenty
Questions & Answers about Er bringt zwanzig Stühle mit.
Why is the word mit sitting all by itself at the end of the sentence?
This sentence uses a separable verb. The dictionary form is mitbringen (to bring along). When you use these verbs in a standard sentence, they split apart. The core verb (bringt) takes the second position, and the prefix (mit) is kicked to the very end of the sentence.
The word for two is zwei. Why is twenty zwanzig instead of zweizig?
Just like in English where "two" changes slightly to become "twenty" (and not "twoty"), German changes the root spelling here. The zwei turns into zwan- before adding the -zig ending used for tens. It is a slight irregularity you just have to memorize!
The word for chair is Stuhl. Why does it have an umlaut here (Stühle)?
Stühle is the plural form. In German, many short nouns with an a, o, or u add an umlaut when they become plural, along with a plural ending like -e. So, one chair is der Stuhl, and twenty chairs are zwanzig Stühle.
The English translation says "He is bringing", but the German sentence just says Er bringt. Where is the "is"?
German doesn't have a separate continuous tense (an "is doing" form) like English does. The single word bringt translates to both "brings" and "is bringing", depending on the context of the sentence.
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