Questions & Answers about Ich fülle das Formular aus.
Why is aus at the very end of the sentence?
The verb here is ausfüllen (to fill in or fill out). This is a separable verb. In a normal present-tense sentence, the main part of the verb (fülle) goes in the second position, and the prefix (aus) gets kicked to the very end of the clause.
Why isn't there a translation for 'am' in the German sentence?
German doesn't have a continuous tense like English does. So whether you want to say 'I fill in' or 'I am filling in', you use the exact same German present tense: Ich fülle ... aus.
Why is it das Formular and not dem or den?
The form is the direct object receiving the action (you are filling it out), which means it must be in the accusative case. Since Formular is a neuter noun, its article (das) stays exactly the same in both the nominative and accusative cases.
Is there a trick to remember that Formular is a neuter (das) noun?
Yes! While you often just have to memorize a noun's gender, words of foreign origin that end in -ar (like das Formular or das Seminar) are almost always neuter.
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