Breakdown of Ich habe das Gefühl, dass deine Meinung wichtig ist.
ich
I
sein
to be
haben
to have
wichtig
important
Questions & Answers about Ich habe das Gefühl, dass deine Meinung wichtig ist.
Why is the verb ist at the very end of the sentence?
The word dass (that) is a subordinating conjunction. Whenever you use dass to connect a thought or a fact, it forces the conjugated verb in that part of the sentence (here, ist) to move to the very end. In English, we say "that your opinion is important", but German says "that your opinion important is".
Is the comma before dass really necessary?
Yes! In English, we often skip the comma before "that", and sometimes we even drop the word "that" entirely (like in "I have the feeling your opinion is important"). In German, you cannot drop dass, and you must always use a comma to separate the main sentence from the dass clause.
Both das and dass are used here. How do I know which one to use?
They sound exactly the same, but they have completely different jobs. das (with one 's') is the neuter article "the" belonging to the noun Gefühl. dass (with a double 's') is the conjunction meaning "that", which connects the two halves of your sentence together.
Why does it say deine Meinung with an "-e" at the end?