Breakdown of Der Chef bestätigt, wo er die Details gefunden hat.
er
he
haben
to have
finden
to find
wo
where
der Chef
the boss (male)
bestätigen
to confirm
das Detail
the detail
Questions & Answers about Der Chef bestätigt, wo er die Details gefunden hat.
Why are the verbs at the end in the order gefunden hat?
Because the second half of the sentence (wo er die Details gefunden hat) is an indirect question. Indirect questions act as subordinate clauses, which means the conjugated verb (the one matching the subject, hat) gets pushed to the very end of the sentence, after the past participle (gefunden).
How would the word order change if this were a direct question?
If you were asking directly, it would be a standard question: Wo hat er die Details gefunden? In a direct W-question, the conjugated verb hat takes the second position, right after the question word wo.
Is the comma before wo required?
Yes! In English, we don't use a comma before "where" in this sentence, but in German, you must always use a comma to separate a main clause (Der Chef bestätigt) from a subordinate clause (wo er...).
Why does Details end with an -s?
Details is the plural form of das Detail. While many native German plurals end in -e, -en, or -er, German generally uses an -s to make words plural if they were borrowed from other languages, like French or English.
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