Breakdown of Es kommen heute viele Gäste. Allerdings steht niemand gern im Mittelpunkt.
es
it
gern
gladly, like to
kommen
to come
heute
today
viel
much / a lot
stehen
to stand
niemand
no one
im
in the (used with months) / in the (contraction of in + dem)
der Gast
the guest
der Mittelpunkt
the center (focal point)
allerdings
however / admittedly (mind you)
Questions & Answers about Es kommen heute viele Gäste. Allerdings steht niemand gern im Mittelpunkt.
Why is the verb steht before the subject niemand in the second sentence?
The word allerdings is an adverbial connector meaning however. When you put an adverbial connector at the beginning of a sentence in position 1, German requires the conjugated verb to come right after it in position 2. The subject niemand then moves to position 3.
Why does the first sentence start with Es and use the plural verb kommen?
Here, Es is just a placeholder or dummy subject to fill the first position of the sentence. The actual subject is viele Gäste. Because viele Gäste is plural, the verb must also be plural. If you moved the real subject to the front, the placeholder would disappear: Viele Gäste kommen heute.
How does the phrase im Mittelpunkt stehen work here?
It literally translates to standing in the center point. In German, this is the standard idiom used to describe being the center of attention.
Why isn't there a word for not in the second sentence to make it negative?
The word niemand already means nobody or no one. German does not use double negatives, so the sentence is already negative on its own and does not need a word like nicht.
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