Questions & Answers about Wir kommen beide.
Why is beide at the end instead of right after Wir?
In German, you can put beide (both) at the end of a short sentence like this: Wir kommen beide. (literally: We come both). However, you can also group it with the subject and say Wir beide kommen. Both are completely correct and mean the same thing!
Would beide change its ending if the "we" were two women?
Is beide acting as a pronoun here?
Yes! Similar to words like einer (one) or keiner (none) from this lesson, beide is a pronoun. Here, it gives more information about the subject Wir, clarifying that exactly two people are involved.
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