Questions & Answers about Ich arbeite jeden Tag.
Why is it jeden Tag and not just jeder Tag?
Time expressions that don't use a preposition (like 'at', 'in', or 'on') take the accusative case in German. Since Tag is a masculine noun, the word for 'every' (jeder) changes its ending to -en, making it jeden Tag.
Does jeden Tag follow the same placement rules as frequency words like immer or oft?
Yes! Just like single-word frequency adverbs, time phrases like jeden Tag usually come right after the conjugated verb. For example, just as you would say Ich arbeite immer (I always work), you say Ich arbeite jeden Tag (I work every day).
Can I put jeden Tag at the beginning of the sentence?
Absolutely! You can say Jeden Tag arbeite ich to put more emphasis on the time. But remember the golden rule of German sentence structure: the verb must stay in the second position. Because Jeden Tag takes up the first spot, the subject ich has to move immediately after the verb arbeite.
Is the verb arbeiten (to work) completely regular?
For ich, it is perfectly normal: you take off the -en and add -e to get ich arbeite. However, it has a slight quirk for other forms. Because its stem ends in a 't' (arbeit-), any ending that starts with a -t or -st needs an extra -e- so you can actually pronounce it. That is why we say du arbeitest and er arbeitet.
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