Breakdown of Prüft den Status, sobald ihr die Sendungsnummer bekommt!
ihr
you (informal plural)
prüfen
to check / to test
bekommen
to receive / to get (be given)
sobald
as soon as
Questions & Answers about Prüft den Status, sobald ihr die Sendungsnummer bekommt!
Why is bekommt at the very end of the sentence?
The word sobald (as soon as) is a subordinating conjunction. This means it introduces a dependent clause and forces the conjugated verb, bekommt, to the very end of its clause.
Why does the sentence start with Prüft instead of a pronoun like ihr?
This is a command (imperative) directed at a group of people you know informally. To make a plural command, you take the normal verb form (ihr prüft) and simply drop the pronoun ihr, starting the sentence directly with the verb: Prüft!
Why does it say den Status instead of der Status?
Status is a masculine noun (der Status). Here, it is the direct object being checked, so it must be in the accusative case. That changes the masculine article from der to den.
What are the parts of the compound noun Sendungsnummer?
It is made by combining die Sendung (the shipment) and die Nummer (the number), connected by a linking -s-. A compound noun always takes the gender of its final word, which is why it is die Sendungsnummer.