Questions & Answers about Mittags esse ich.
This lesson is about vowel-changing verbs. Why is there no vowel change in esse?
The verb essen (to eat) is a vowel-changing verb, but the change only happens for the du (you) and er/sie/es (he/she/it) forms. For ich, the verb stays regular: ich esse. You only see the e change to i in forms like du isst.
Why is the word order esse ich instead of ich esse?
German sentences use Verb Second word order. Because this sentence starts with the time word Mittags, the verb esse must take the second spot. The subject ich gets pushed after the verb.
Why does Mittags end with an s?
Adding an s to a time of day changes it from a noun into a word describing a routine. Der Mittag is the noun for noon, but mittags means at midday or every day at noon.
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