Breakdown of Weder finden wir deinen Stil auffällig, noch mögen wir das Muster.
wir
we
finden
to find
deinen
your (informal singular, accusative masculine)
mögen
to like
Questions & Answers about Weder finden wir deinen Stil auffällig, noch mögen wir das Muster.
Why do the verbs finden and mögen come before the subject wir?
This happens because of the conjunction weder ... noch (neither ... nor). When you start a clause with weder or noch, they take up the first position in the sentence. To keep the verb in its mandatory second position, the subject (wir) must move to the third position. This is known as inversion.
Can I put weder later in the first half of the sentence?
Yes! You can use standard word order and start with the subject: Wir finden deinen Stil weder auffällig... In this case, weder moves to the middle. However, the second clause usually still starts with noch followed immediately by the verb (noch mögen wir...).
Where does the adjective auffällig come from?
It is derived from the separable verb auffallen, which means to stand out or to catch someone's eye. By adding the common adjective ending -ig, it becomes auffällig, meaning flashy, conspicuous, or noticeable.
Why do we use deinen before Stil but just das before Muster?