Breakdown of Ich will den Riegel, also muss ich wieder Geld einwerfen.
ich
I
das Geld
the money
wollen
to want
müssen
to have to, must
also
so, therefore
wieder
again
einwerfen
to insert (coin, letter)
der Riegel
the candy bar
Questions & Answers about Ich will den Riegel, also muss ich wieder Geld einwerfen.
Doesn't also mean "also" or "too" in English?
No, also is a classic false friend! In German, it means "so" or "therefore". If you want to say "also" or "too" in German, you need to use the word auch.
Why is the verb muss right after also instead of the subject ich?
also is an adverb that takes up the first position in that second clause. Because German strictly follows the V2 rule (the conjugated verb must be in the second position), muss has to come next. This pushes the subject ich to the third position.
I see will here. Is that the future tense?
No, will is another false friend. It is the first-person form of wollen, which means "to want". The English future tense "will" translates to werden in German. Here, Ich will simply means "I want".
Since this lesson is about was, could I use it here to refer to the first clause?
You could, but it would change the sentence structure. You could say: Ich will den Riegel, was bedeutet, dass ich wieder Geld einwerfen muss (I want the candy bar, which means I have to insert money again). The original sentence is just a more direct way to express the same logic using also (so).
Why is einwerfen at the very end of the sentence?
The second clause uses the modal verb muss (must / have to). In German, a conjugated modal verb in position 2 pushes the main verb (einwerfen) to the very end of the clause in its dictionary (infinitive) form.
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