Word
Schaltet die Heizung ein, damit das Zimmer warm wird!
Meaning
Turn on the heating so that the room gets warm!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Schaltet die Heizung ein, damit das Zimmer warm wird!
das Zimmer
the room
warm
warm
werden
to become / to get (change of state)
einschalten
to turn on
Questions & Answers about Schaltet die Heizung ein, damit das Zimmer warm wird!
Why does the verb wird come at the very end of the sentence?
The word damit (so that) is a subordinating conjunction. This means it introduces a dependent clause and forces the conjugated verb (wird) to the end of that clause.
Could I use um ... zu (in order to) here instead of damit?
No, you have to use damit here. You can only use um ... zu when the subject of both halves of the sentence is exactly the same. Here, the subject of the first part is "you all" (implied by the command schaltet) and the subject of the second part is das Zimmer (the room). Because the subjects are different, you must use damit.
Why is ein just sitting there right before the comma?
That is the prefix of the separable verb einschalten (to turn on). In the first clause, schaltet is an imperative (a command) telling a group of people to do something. When a separable verb is used in a main clause or command, its prefix (ein) gets pushed to the very end of that specific clause.
Why use wird here instead of ist?